Re: WSJ: Just-in-Time Inventories Make U.S. Vulnerable in a Pandemic

kuacou241@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The Wall Street Journal
> January 12, 2006
>
> PAGE ONE
>
> Margin of Safety
> Just-in-Time Inventories Make U.S. Vulnerable in a Pandemic
> Low Stockpiles at Hospitals Boost Efficiency but Leave No Extras for
> Flu Outbreak

Ooooh! Pandemic is coming. Is that anything like an epidemic?

How many lives will this save? I expect plenty. :)

You have my condolences fear-mongerer.

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