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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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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I hope we are not creating a sense of panic... because we need the public's trust to encourage governments to begin or continue pandemic preparedness efforts.
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Taking it on a trip is certainly not recommended.
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It was not unexpected. There will be sporadic human cases as long as the virus is circulating in animals.
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It was not unexpected, ... There will be sporadic human cases as long as the virus is circulating in animals.
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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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You could pick any number?there's this vast range?and any of these numbers could be right,
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You could pick almost any number. There is this vast range of numbers, absolutely. One of those numbers will turn out to be right. All of this is guesswork, nobody knows.
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These are not our viruses and this isn't our information.
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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.