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If the EU’s member countries do not act together to put it out, it will only
spread
– consuming the common currency and threatening the European project of “ever closer union.”
The responsibility to preserve the environment, stem the
spread
of communicable diseases, strengthen the international financial architecture, enhance developing-country participation in the global trading system, and facilitate the exchange of knowledge lies at the intersection of national development priorities and global interests.
Jumping VirusesScientists long anticipated that an influenza virus will
spread
- as now appears to be happening in Asia - from wild birds to humans, causing a pandemic.
Indeed, events of the last couple of decades - the AIDS viruses transferring from monkeys to man, followed by their global spread, being just one example - should have convinced us that, where diseases are concerned, the unexpected will happen.
Waterfowl commonly
spread
influenza viruses to chickens, although the outcome usually is not serious.
The chronic fear of health authorities is that, by chance, another avian influenza virus will mutate and
spread
from person to person to spawn a global pandemic.
Human SARS might never have
spread
to the extent that it did (killing 800 people and devastating economies) if the problem had been openly acknowledged, with the World Health Organization involved from the outset.
The protest energy that briefly electrified Tiananmen Square dissipated out of the cities and
spread
across the countryside.
As a result, the
spread
of the Colombia Plan, despite its meager and ambivalent results, has remained obscured.
In this manner, they can contain the
spread
of economic hardship among the population, protect the most vulnerable segments, and put future generations on a better footing.
The Panel deals forthrightly with the new transnational threats posed by terrorists and the
spread
of weapons of mass destruction.
Contagion soon
spread
across East Asia, with the ripple effects of serial currency devaluations reaching as far as Russia and Brazil.
We face numerous other threats as well: the
spread
of toxic synthetic chemicals worldwide, vast epidemics, and a dramatic decline in the quality and accessibility of mineral resources, water, and soils.
And Ebola in West Africa
spread
more to Europe and the United States than to the rest of the continent.
If they grow and spread, Africa’s fortunes could brighten considerably.
Treatment reduces the
spread
of dangerous and expensive multi-drug resistant TB, and the WHO recommends providing preventive treatment in high-risk populations.
Formed during the UN General Assembly in September 2009 under the leadership of President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, and supported by the African Union, the group has added government advocacy and accountability to the combined efforts being made to halt and reverse the
spread
of malaria on the continent.
The uncontrolled
spread
of the disease exposed the shortcomings of our national health care systems, as well as regional and global institutions’ weak capacity for coordination and effective response.
Although the disease has not been contained and eradicated throughout the region, its
spread
has slowed; now we have to start planning our recovery, which must include strengthening the national, regional, and international systems that protect our people’s lives and futures.
The
spread
of the Ebola virus has been facilitated by our countries’ shared history and culture, which has enabled the disease to cross borders easily and move quickly from remote rural areas to urban centers.
As traditional monetary policy becomes ineffective, other unorthodox policies will continue to be used: policies to bail out investors, financial institutions, and borrowers; massive provision of liquidity to banks in order to ease the credit crunch; and even more radical actions to reduce long-term interest rates on government bonds and narrow the
spread
between market rates and government bonds.
Starting with the advanced countries, the eurozone recession has
spread
from the periphery to the core, with France entering recession and Germany facing a double whammy of slowing growth in one major export market (China/Asia) and outright contraction in others (southern Europe).
In 2013, downside risks to global growth will be exacerbated by the
spread
of fiscal austerity to most advanced economies.
Moreover, globalization has compounded the danger by facilitating the
spread
of communicable diseases.
Arresting the
spread
of HIV/AIDS is the sixth option.
Nor is it to diminish the risks of social media warping users’ view of reality by facilitating the
spread
of biased and even outright false news (though many experts believe that the Internet is far more effective at producing “slacktivism” than actual political mobilization).
Yes, Russians have been found to be behind some of the “fake news”
spread
via social media.
But we should hope nonetheless that the recognition of its special form of contempt for humanity will spread, rather than being lost as a result of its recent successes.
And the
spread
has increased sharply in recent months.
After all, the widely quoted
spread
refers to the difference in yields on ten-year bonds.
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