[Avodah] pikuach nefesh

[Rich, Joel]

 There was a  quote   in the New Jersey Jewish News   that his Rabbi
told  Rahm Emanuel  that it was permissible to take  a  conference call
on Rosh Hashanah about the bailout package because "I felt it was a case
of Pikuach Nefesh".  
 
Without commenting on the applicability in this case, are there thsuvot
that examine the boundaries of "indirect" pikuach nefesh for a tzibbur;
and the interplay with the level of issur?
 
 Kol Tuv, 
Joel Rich 
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