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Thomas V. Inglesby

Thomas V. Inglesby, MD
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September 7, 2008
Seeking details, lawmakers cite anthrax doubts, by Scott Shane and Eric Lichtblau. New York Times.
Dr. Thomas Inglesby comments about how the scientific community feels about the evidence released thus far in the government's case against USAMRIID researcher Bruce Ivins: “For a lot of the scientific community, the word would be agnostic,” . . . “They still don’t feel they have enough information to judge whether the case has been solved.”

August 7, 2008
Ivins troubled but FBI docs fall short, by Eric Umansky. ProPublica.
Dr. Tom Inglesby offers that although the FBI “certainly has strong circumstantial evidence…” linking Bruce Ivins to the anthrax attacks of 2001, “…it’s important that the F.B.I. go on to release the scientific details.”

August 7, 2008
F.B.I. presents anthrax case, saying scientist acted alone, by Scott Shane and Eric Lichtblau. New York Times.
Dr. Inglesby offers that although the FBI “certainly has strong circumstantial evidence…” linking Bruce Ivins to the anthrax attacks of 2001, “…it’s important that the F.B.I. go on to release the scientific details.”

August 1, 2008
Anthrax researcher commits suicide, by Jeanne Meserve. CNN: The Situation Room.
When queried about requiring more stringent security at U.S. biological research facilities, Dr. Inglesby noted that “You could make a large supply of anthrax or other kinds of biological pathogens elsewhere in the world and bring them across borders without detection. There's no way that we're going to be able to stop these kinds of things from coming across the border.”

October 24, 2007
Tiered vaccine plan puts military, infants first, Steve Inskeep, Anchor. National Public Radio.
Regarding the flu vaccination plan, Dr. Tom Inglesby is quoted, "If you tell a parent the day a pandemic is announced that their 5-year-old can't get vaccine until a hundred million other people deemed critical personnel are going to get vaccine first, watch out."

May 30, 2007
System breakdown? Missed signals? ABC World News with Charles Gibson.
Dr. Thomas Inglesby interviewed on Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis: "If we're at the point in the investigation where we're having to track down airline passengers on multiple continents, it's too late in the game."

May 30, 2007
Disease scare; Medical manhunt. ABC World News with Charles Gibson.
Dr. Thomas Inglesby interviewed on Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis: "Doctors don't have the right tools to make a quick diagnosis of drug-resistant TB or, for that matter, bird flu virus or SARS or anthrax. This is a fixable problem, and we should fix it."

February 1, 2007
Federal anti-flu document raises questions, reported by Richard Knox. National Public Radio, Morning Edition.
Dr. Thomas Inglesby comments about recommendations in the federal pandemic flu plan: "For some of these recommendations—such as prolonged school closures—there is honest, legitimate debate about the effectiveness of closing schools, about the feasibility of closing schools for two months or three months at a time, and about the downside and how we could cope with that in a community."

January 15, 2007
Experts see bird flu challenge to U.S. health system, by Paul Eckert. Reuters.
Dr. Thomas Inglesby is quoted: ". . . 'the time line has already begun to slip a little bit' on the U.S. goal for 2011 of having enough vaccine for the entire population within six months of a pandemic influenza virus."