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...course, we hope that the swine flu “pandemic” never materializes and that the current situation does not worsen. Current information suggests that the outbreak may be less severe than was originally suspected and that swine flu might not, after all, be nearly as deadly as the infamous 1918 flu strain. Still, caution and vigilance are more than warranted. We hope that UHS will be ready to confront the problem if and as it develops any further. All steps should be taken to ensure that Harvard is prepared to handle a major outbreak on campus, even...
...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 the spread of the disease. (Read: "Battling Swine Flu: The Lessons from SARS...
...from a pandemic might not turn out to be from the swine flu virus itself - especially if it ends up being relatively mild - but what Osterholm calls "collateral damage" if governments respond to the emergency by instituting border controls and disrupting world trade. Not only would the global recession worsen - a 2008 World Bank report estimated that a severe pandemic could reduce the world's GDP by 4.8% - but we depend on international trade now for countless necessities, from generic medicines to surgical gloves. The just-in-time production systems embraced by companies like Wal-Mart - where inventories are kept...
...situation could have gone out of hand. The other problem is that with the high prevalence of HIV in this country, hunger has to be fought. Those taking [anti-retroviral medications (ARVs)] need to have nutritious food. Otherwise the ARVs will not achieve anything. In fact, they will worsen the situation...
...Still, as the courts wrapped up their second day, few observers think the trial itself will generate much protest in Pakistan or worsen the already hostile diplomatic relationship with Pakistan. The rhetoric might have been stronger than usual, but it's no different from what Indian commentators have been talking about for years - Pakistan's attempts to destabilize India with bomb blasts rather than as through conventional warfare. "The involvement of Pakistan is documented very clearly," says Ajai Sahni, head of the South Asia Terrorism Portal. The only difference in this case is the level of detail. Nikam alleged that...