Dick Thompson
Dick Thompson
Richard KnightThompson, Jr.was an American racecar driver. A Washington, D.C. dentist by trade, he is known as "The Flying Dentist". He won numerous Sports Car Club of Americachampionships and was inducted in the Corvette Hall of Fame. Thompson brought credibility to the Corvette as a world-class sports car. Active from the late 1950s until the 1970s, Thompson raced for several notable racers, including the factory Corvette team for John Fitch and Briggs Cunningham...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth9 July 1920
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As long as this disease exists anywhere that it's a threat everywhere,
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The widespread concern may be bad communication on our part. Millions of animals have been infected and very rarely have humans been infected,
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This is a virus that isn't acting in a predictable way. It's unusual that cats would be infected at all. The range of hosts here is unusual for an avian virus.
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There seems to be a heightened sense of concern about an extraordinarily rare disease. It is very, very, very difficult for humans to acquire, even with direct exposure.
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There is very little science in this area. However, we know that people who have spent a great deal of time around infected chickens, for example, only rarely get infected themselves. If it is an extremely rare event to get infected from a flock of infected chickens, it is likely that infections from cats is even rarer still. But again, there is little real evidence to guide us.
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There's an urgent need to sample and tag and track as many of these species as feasible, especially considering the narrow time frame that we've got available to do it. We need more information on the migratory routes regarding these birds.
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The world is not very well prepared, ... We think pandemic preparedness is really essential.
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This is not confirmation for us. We need to have samples sent to a certified laboratory.
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This is progress and an important step in pandemic vaccine development.
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People confuse it with pandemic influenza, but they're very different diseases,
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Tens of millions of birds have been affected. But there have been only about 117 human cases in two years, ... This is a very difficult disease to move from animals to humans.
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During SARS, we worked like hell to contain a global outbreak. Now we're trying to feel our way through this next generation of problems.
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All of these have been in Asia. But it is important to note that it was not passed on to more humans. The chain ended at those four or five who caught it.
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It was not unexpected. There will be sporadic human cases as long as the virus is circulating in animals.