Word: prevent
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...questioned Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on the possibility of virtually sealing off the border with Mexico. Said Republican Senator John McCain in a statement, "I continue to believe that all available options to end this crisis must remain under consideration, including closing the border if it would prevent further transmission of this deadly virus...
...Napolitano said the U.S. has no plans to close the border with Mexico, a stance that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO support and which Obama reiterated at his press conference. "Intensive efforts at the border are not effective means for protecting against an infectious disease," said acting CDC director Richard Besser. Still, if the swine flu continues to worsen in Mexico, it's not hard to see how Obama and other world leaders would come under increasing pressure to try to wall off Mexico - just as an infected patient might be quarantined to prevent...
...that acted quickly to close schools and theaters early in the pandemic had peak death rates 50% lower than cities that acted more slowly. Today doctors could also prophylactically administer antiviral drugs to the close contacts of any swine flu patients, a strategy that has been shown to help prevent the spread of the flu. "Until you start to see really massive clusters, that can be a really effective method," says Longini...
...conference’s final declaration was simply insulting in its treatment of genocide. The 143-point “Outcome Document” states that the conference “reaffirms its support for the mandate of the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, who acts, inter alia, as an early warning mechanism to prevent potential situations that could result in genocide...
...principle other than his own re-election," Toomey wrote. He implicitly accused Specter of hypocrisy, saying "Senator Specter has made numerous statements about how important it is to deny Democrats the 60th seat in the U.S. Senate and how he categorically intended to remain a Republican to prevent one-party dominance in Washington...