Thompson declared that the SARS outbreak has made it clear to everyone that public health has no borders and is apolitical; he said that if there is no truly global mechanism for public health cooperation, it will be impossible to effectively fight epidemics, and this is why the United States strongly supports Taiwan.
湯普森表示，這次 SARS 疫情讓世人警惕到，公共衛生是沒有國界的，也是非政治性的，若沒有全球公共衛生合作的機制，就無法控制疾病，「這就是為什麼美國要強烈支持台灣的原因。」