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Can contact with the blood of a bird make me sick? i am worried i can get something harmful from it
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Yes but do not worry: Birds can carry some bacterias like chlamydia or salmonella but your body has ver good barriers and mechanism to fight against pathogens.
Answered 7/26/2019
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