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Uncommon card · Science
Frances Oldham Kelsey, an Uncommon card
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey was a Canadian-American pharmacologist and physician who had a 45-year career with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 85,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Frances Oldham Kelsey quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Frances Oldham Kelsey card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Her ______ proved to be justified when it was shown that thalidomide caused serious birth defects.
Answer
concerns. Her concerns proved to be justified when it was shown that thalidomide caused serious birth defects. From the Frances Oldham Kelsey article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Pharmacist. Pharmacist 81 · Frances Oldham Kelsey 74 · Paddle steamer 71 · Constantine VII 68 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- As a reviewer, she refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the lack of evidence regarding the drug's safety.
- Her concerns proved to be justified when it was shown that thalidomide caused serious birth defects.
- Kelsey's career intersected with the passage of laws strengthening FDA oversight of pharmaceuticals.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Frances Oldham Kelsey article was read about 85,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Frances Oldham Kelsey
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Frances Oldham Kelsey (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The photographer is unknown., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
