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...even though they are written into the constitution; dissidents are jailed for long periods of time. The Chinese government did not hesitate to send tanks against its own people in 1989, and we have seen what the government can do against the Tibetans and the Uighurs when they dare rise up against the discrimination they are subjected to and demand greater autonomy. Its policies of Han migration are effectively leading to cultural colonization and the suppression of other minorities. China has become an economic powerhouse, but one result is glaring inequalities between billionaires on one side and the millions...
...syndrome (GBS). Only one person died of the 1976 swine flu. It is wrong to suggest that the current vaccines being rushed to market are safe for general consumption. The public has a right to know that neurologists around the country have been alerted to watch for a rise in GBS cases. Barbara Savage, GATES...
However, the policy is ultimately little more than a symbolic gesture and a Band-Aid fix to a problem that is in dire need of a suture. Simply cutting the pay of executives does little to address the systemic problems that helped give rise to the financial crisis. The Obama administration now has a unique opportunity to capitalize on populist discontent with policies that correct the lax regulatory regime that helped enable the financial meltdown. Real change to the current system, which incentivizes unnecessary risk-taking and corporate irresponsibility, cannot be replaced with simply cutting executive pay. The recent cuts...
...respect, of course, employers are simply grappling with the rise in overall medical costs, which are growing at about three times the rate of inflation. But another, less talked about problem is that in recent years employers and employees have been passive consumers of health insurance. Many large employers, which simply passed along growing costs to workers, didn't spend a lot of time shopping around for good deals and tailoring health plans to get the most bang for the buck. And many employees were under the false assumption that their health benefits were mostly paid for by their employers...
...Lazaro Hospital, the main government hospital specializing in infectious diseases, has treated 451 leptospirosis cases since the storm hit on Sept. 26 - nearly double the number of cases in the span of just a month than is usual for the whole last year. "We expected cases to rise because of the unusually heavy flooding, but we were not prepared for the numbers and we eventually ran out of testing kits," said Eumelia Salva, head of San Lazaro's public health services...