Quotes by Dick Thompson

“We keep encouraging countries to develop a plan because a pandemic is inevitable.”

“The world is not very well prepared, ... We think pandemic preparedness is really essential.”

“We are concerned that the virus infects a human that already has contracted a strain of normal influenza and this influenza will mix with this avian form. As a result, a new strain could be formed that the human immune system has never seen before and that would ignite a pandemic.”

“We know were overdue for an influenza pandemic strain and we know it will occur, but we dont know when or even exactly what virus will cause it,”

“H5N1 has pandemic potential but it is not a pandemic virus.”

“We know were overdue for an influenza pandemic strain, and we know it will occur, but we dont know when or even exactly what virus will cause it. It is possible that the virus wont be H5N1 at all or that this virus will change in a way so that the vaccine under development doesnt work against it.”

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

“As long as this disease exists anywhere that its a threat everywhere,”

“We cannot let our guard down until this disease is put back in a box.”

“Ninety percent of the cases that we know about in Hong Kong and Hanoi are hospital workers and the remaining cases are people who were in close contact with hospital workers,”