func (r *MonitoredReader) Read(buf []byte) (n int, err error) {
	if r.throttle == nil {
		return r.r.Read(buf)
	}
	if r.lastErr != nil {
		err = r.lastErr
		return
	}
	b := r.throttle.Burst()  // maximum available tokens
	need := len(buf)         // number of bytes requested by caller
	hdr := r.opts.HeaderSize // remaining header bytes
	var tokens int           // number of tokens to request

	setEventStreamHeaders(w)

	// Listen Publisher and peer-listen-client uses nonblocking send and hence does not wait for slow receivers.
	// Use buffered channel to take care of burst sends or slow w.Write()
	mergeCh := make(chan []byte, globalAPIConfig.getRequestsPoolCapacity()*len(globalEndpoints.Hostnames()))
	localCh := make(chan event.Event, globalAPIConfig.getRequestsPoolCapacity())