To the Editor: Roger Cohen favorably quotes a friend who says "when it comes to health it makes sense to involve government, which is accountable to the people, rather than corporations, which are accountable to shareholders".
But, as a lawyer friend, Manuel Wally, put it to me, "When it comes to health it makes sense to involve government, which is accountable to the people, rather than corporations, which are accountable to shareholders".
Governments, which are accountable to their electorates, should decide matters of public policy.
This group, which is accountable to no one, calls the shots in Europe.
By the same token, the PMUs are at the moment organised by a committee affiliated with the Iraqi National Security Advisory NSAA), which is accountable to the prime minister, Haidar al-Abadi.
The killing of a newspaper salesman who was simply trying to get home raises all the old anxieties about state power which is accountable to none.
Pfizer is, of course, a business, which is accountable to shareholders.
Public opinion, a culmination of individual expressions of preference, becomes votes and votes are converted into executive power, which is accountable to the general public.
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FT-IR measurements were carried out to identify possible interaction sites between the gold salt and chitosan molecules, which are accountable for the reduction of the Au ions and stabilizing AuNPs.
