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Can We Vaccinate Birds?
Most cases where humans have contracted avian flu, including a recent one in the US from this current outbreak, were exposed to sick birds. According to the CDC, the US already has a stockpile of H5N1 vaccines. But what's interesting is that the US does not use vaccines right now on its commercial flocks of birds for a number of reasons. It would take a lot more for it to reach anything close to pandemic potential.