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A Bird Flu Pandemic Hovering on the Horizon

The Naked Scientists Podcast

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The Impact of H5N1 Viruses on Domestic Birds

Most past human infections of H5N1 viruses have been linked to people who directly interact with sick birds often through the poultry industry. There's been a massive impact on wild bird species as well and particularly endangered ones as well have seen themselves quite threatened. I mean, as a hopeful note, we do have these really wonderful mRNA vaccines that were developed for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. So that's one right now.

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