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I eat a lot of poultry, am i at risk for getting bird flu?
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No: Bird flu is not contracted by eating poultry, but is a respiratory infection contracted by inhaling the virus at poultry farms (or by inhaling the virus that is exhaled, sneezed or coughed out from infected individuals.).
Answered 1/29/2012
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No: Your diet of poultry makes you no more likely to get influenza than anyone else. However, influenza of all types is highly contagious so you have the same risk.
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