Word: needless
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...Which may help explain why officials opened the congress with a manifesto that called on national and international authorities to "avoid adopting measures that unnecessarily hurt the pork sector." (Needless to say, the statement referred to the virus as H1N1, not swine flu.) A few days earlier, Russia had banned the import of Spanish pork products in response to the relatively high number of swine flu cases in Spain. For Anatoly Gendin, a reporter covering the conference for a Moscow-based culinary magazine, the ban is simply a measure of caution. "It's not always easy to explain the fine...
...issue. They have proposed a "public" health-insurance option, similar to Medicare. They argue, correctly, that the profits made by insurance companies are a good part of what makes health care so expensive in the U.S. and that a public option is needed to keep the insurers honest. Needless to say, the insurers are vehemently opposed to this and will unleash a torrent of negative advertising and lobbying power if the final bill includes...
...stressful" afternoon, he had to piece together a resume and cover letter on a cousin's iPhone. "I didn't bring any of my files with me, but when this recruiter got in touch, I dropped everything and used this tiny device to recreate what he wanted," he notes. "Needless to say, I didn't get that job, and didn't hear back from that (recruiter) ever again...
...producing a flu vaccine for the southern hemisphere, where the flu season has just begun. (The flu season in the north has just ended.) If vaccine manufacturing capacity were switched from the standard flu to swine flu, that could create a shortfall in normal flu vaccine, potentially leading to needless deaths should the A/H1N1 swine flu end up petering out on its own. Still, preparations for a swine flu vaccine are being initiated, as any vaccine would take months to produce - a costly delay if the new virus ends up becoming virulent. (Read "CDC Readies Swine Flu Vaccine...
...Needless to say, neither MI5, nor the Home Office, the government department that handles inquiries about the stealth agency, is eager to share the specifics of the role. The document detailing the job, circulated by Egon Zehnder International, a London-based headhunting firm, doesn't go beyond the vaguest of descriptions. The successful candidate will be responsible for "developing and owning a clear science, technology and innovation strategy for the Security Service", it reads, and "ensuring that [science] ... is soundly based...