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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What this virus can't do now is move easily from person to person. We worry that it could develop this characteristic of human-to-human transmission.Dick Thompson
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.
Dick Thompson
There are a lot of scary stories out there about the next pandemic, but we have to make difficult decisions without a lot of information. The real answer is we don't know until the next pandemic virus appears.
Dick Thompson
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.
Dick Thompson
We can confirm that the 15-year-old girl was infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus as a result of the London testing.
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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.
Dick Thompson
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