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Am curious as to what people think about this bird flu.will this bird flu become an epidemic?
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Probably not: This specific bird flu wasn't transmissible between people, but only through direct contact with infected birds. The risk is that any influenza virus can acquire the means to be contagious from human to human and cause a pandemic.
Answered 11/21/2012
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