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...Another reason to be cautious about the Australian data, says Fiore, is that the youngsters in the study were all healthy, with normal immune systems. But those who are most vulnerable to influenza are children with underlying conditions such as asthma or diabetes, who may need the added boost from a second dose to protect them from complications of the flu. He notes also that previous studies of other H1N1 vaccines showed slightly weaker antibody responses in children after a single dose than the Australian shot, which suggests one dose may not be enough to effectively combat influenza in youngsters...
...reaction, indicative of the still gloomy national mood, the perceived fickleness of monthly economic indicators - and the diminished status of the unemployment rate as a statistic. Once the indispensable, largely unquestioned measure of the state of the job market, it is now treated with suspicion and disdain. With good reason, because the unemployment rate fails to accurately reflect just how bad things are out there. (See 10 perfect jobs for the recession - and after...
...reason it is so easy for the U.S. to declare wars ... is because so few Americans feel the actual pain of those wars. We've been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan longer than we fought in World Wars I and II combined. If voters had to choose right now between instituting a draft or exiting Afghanistan and Iraq, the troops would be out of those two countries in a heartbeat." --12/8/09...
...from saving the world, the Copenhagen Accord only begins the battle - diplomats will start almost immediately fighting over its details and working towards a better treaty. If a true compromise is an agreement that makes everyone leave the table a little unhappy, but offers them enough reason to keep the process going, Copenhagen achieved that much. Credit should go to President Obama, who arrived in Copenhagen with the negotiations in shambles and forced through what may have been the only deal within reach. For that, of course, he will also get the blame. Outside the Bella Center as delegates departed...
...some new-media experts say they may add another tool to the country's array of Internet controls. "Many believe that the crackdown on porn was just an excuse," says Isaac Mao, a Chinese blogger and a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. "The real reason has to do with the various goals of Internet censorship, one of which is to curb the individual's voice...