Britain could have had a "lucky break" with the second wave of swine flu with cases rising much slower than expected, the Chief Medical Officer has said. The number of new cases a week rose from around 14,000 to around 18,000 over the last seven days, far less than the weekly doubling of infected patients seen during the first wave this summer. The slow rise in cases could offer officials more time to use the swine flu vaccine, Sir Liam Donaldson said.
The number of new cases a week rose from around 14,000 to around 18,000 over the last seven days, far less than the weekly doubling of infected patients seen during the first wave this summer.
The slow rise in cases could offer officials more time to use the swine flu vaccine, Sir Liam Donaldson said.
You cannot make this stuff up. The Saudis are lobbying for foreign aid in anticipation of declining oil revenues. Hat tip reader Michael:Saudi Arabia has led a quiet campaign....demanding behind closed doors that oil-producing nations get special financial assistance if a new climate pact calls for substantial reductions in the use of fossil fuels. That campaign comes despite an International Energy Agency report released this week showing that OPEC revenues would still increase $23 trillion between 2008 and 2030 -- a fourfold increase compared to the period from 1985 to 2007 -- if countries agree to significantly slash emissions and thereby cut their use of oil..... The head of the Saudi delegation Mohammad S. Al Sabban dismissed the IEA figures as "biased" and said OPEC's own calculations showed that Saudi Arabia would lose $19 billion a year starting in 2012 under a new climate pact.... Al Sabban accused Western nations of pursuing an agenda against oil producers, under the guise of protecting the planet.
Saudi Arabia has led a quiet campaign....demanding behind closed doors that oil-producing nations get special financial assistance if a new climate pact calls for substantial reductions in the use of fossil fuels. That campaign comes despite an International Energy Agency report released this week showing that OPEC revenues would still increase $23 trillion between 2008 and 2030 -- a fourfold increase compared to the period from 1985 to 2007 -- if countries agree to significantly slash emissions and thereby cut their use of oil..... The head of the Saudi delegation Mohammad S. Al Sabban dismissed the IEA figures as "biased" and said OPEC's own calculations showed that Saudi Arabia would lose $19 billion a year starting in 2012 under a new climate pact.... Al Sabban accused Western nations of pursuing an agenda against oil producers, under the guise of protecting the planet.
That campaign comes despite an International Energy Agency report released this week showing that OPEC revenues would still increase $23 trillion between 2008 and 2030 -- a fourfold increase compared to the period from 1985 to 2007 -- if countries agree to significantly slash emissions and thereby cut their use of oil.....
The head of the Saudi delegation Mohammad S. Al Sabban dismissed the IEA figures as "biased" and said OPEC's own calculations showed that Saudi Arabia would lose $19 billion a year starting in 2012 under a new climate pact....
Al Sabban accused Western nations of pursuing an agenda against oil producers, under the guise of protecting the planet.
