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What Is H5M1 and What Happens if a Bird Gets It?
The government is drawing up mass vaccination plans for H5M1. This is a massive undertaking and will involve vaccinating tens of millions of birds. At any one time, there's about 140 million birds, chickens, alive in the UK. The reason that they're looking to do this is because the situation has got really serious. It highlights the vulnerabilities of a meat-based diet. Also, frankly, birds don't come out of this very well.
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