The Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2006, in Foreign Policy.
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I was under the impression that the flu kills upwards of 30,000 people in a typical year-- but I'm not a scientist so maybe I'm just confused.
Yes, the Tamiflu story is interesting in what it didn't say. How many people took Tamiflu in this time? based on their history, how many would be expected to become hospitalized, delerious, or die? How did these numbers change after taking Tamiflu?
I'm also intrigued/concerned by the secret talks with Iran bit. I'm all in favour of secret talks, but using them to embarrass the Iranian government sounds like a way to prevent such contact in the future, rather than gradually binding closer to the West.