Past incidents have shown that misdiagnosis or delay in the diagnosis of epidemics can cause substantial economic losses and social disruption and prevent containment or control as a result of the implementation of inappropriate control measures or a delay in implementing the appropriate control measures.
"Further delay in implementing these solutions is unacceptable," said the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California.
Proponents of her compromise suggest that only a deep recession would actually spark a delay in implementing the new law.
The ten-day delay in implementing the order is designed, at least in part, to avoid the chaos of mid-flight visa revocations that the first order caused.
Calls by the auto industry for a delay in implementing the new regulation have been well received by several car-producing EU countries.
"The companies have agreed to a brief delay in implementing this agreement to continue our ongoing discussions with the Department of Justice," Yahoo said.
Tucker supported reforms proposed by Sir John Vickers to ringfence retail banking and said any further delay in implementing the change could damage the economy.
Hefce, however, insists it cannot justify a delay in implementing improvements to a funding method based on nine-year-old data that is now out of kilter with the actual costs of teaching.
NHS England first asked for a three-month delay in implementing the guidelines and then capped the numbers it would treat, so that only the sickest get the drugs immediately.
The delay in implementing the law, until Jan . 1 , 2005gives couples who do not want the new rights and responsibilities time to withdraw their registration as domestic partners.
