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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We know we're overdue for an influenza pandemic strain, and we know it will occur, but we don't know when or even exactly what virus will cause it. It is possible that the virus won't be H5N1 at all or that this virus will change in a way so that the vaccine under development doesn't work against it.
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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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We believe those particles are inhaled and that's how people become infected.
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The outbreaks in those areas are being contained, ... There's still disease, but the disease is largely contained in hospitals.
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The outbreak is in northern Iraq. There are lots of challenges there, largely associated with terrain and weather. It's cold and wet, and there are steep sided valleys that the team is moving through.
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We still urge the elderly and other high-risk groups to be vaccinated.
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We know from experience with this drug that it is most effective very shortly after symptoms develop.
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Pigs are known to be able to be infected with both avian and human viruses, and they too can serve as mixing vessels, just like humans.
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It is always worrying to have a new case in a new country because it raises concerns among the public. But we have to understand that so far this is just one case.
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Surveillance and response of H5N1 in both animals and humans needs to be strengthened in all regions bordering countries where outbreaks have been identified.
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That was an extreme of an already rare event. Pandemics normally have more modest death rates.
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That's because we looked at what happened in the 1918 pandemic. That caused the greatest number of deaths ever recorded from an infectious disease in a single year, by far. More than the black plague, more than any other infectious disease,
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We have totally discounted the possibility of an avian influenza infection. But we can't take away the possibility of an appearance in Iraq, as many cases have been reported in Turkey.
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When the virus shows up in a new country, it doesn't mean that the pandemic has started, it means that the animal disease has spread.