62 Quotes by Dick Thompson

Maybe they had become volcano smoke jumpers, diving into an unknown risk to do a dangerous job because, in part, it was a social good and, in part, because they loved the big show.

The outbreaks in those areas are being contained, ... There's still disease, but the disease is largely contained in hospitals.

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.

We still urge the elderly and other high-risk groups to be vaccinated.

We believe those particles are inhaled and that's how people become infected.

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.

We know from experience with this drug that it is most effective very shortly after symptoms develop.

Should this move from human to human -- and it hasn't yet, I want to stress that -- then it's going to be a real challenge.

Now we're dipping into other funds. Hopefully as more money comes in, we'll be able to carry on more activities.