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by 9cb14c1ec0 752 days ago
> it could start to mutate into something that spreads human to human.

The number of things that could mutate into a human pandemic is quite large. I'm still not worried. The current hype is over dairy farm workers being exposed to it, but as someone who used to work in a large poultry operation (100K birds at a time), I can assure you that the viral load (and thus mutation possibilities) of bird flu is far higher in an infected poultry operation than any dairy farmer will ever experience.

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Just like taking medical advice from a janitor because they work in a hospital, eh?