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It's nice to see a balanced article on H5N1. A good one to send to the numerate who are panicking about H5N1.

And to those who ignore any warnings. After all, there's a middle ground between ignoring it completely and complete panic.

AFAICT, at this stage, it's not really actionable for the general population, is it? H1N1 and H3N2 are much more dangerous today, so the general population would be much better served by articles talking about normal flu hygiene.

Other than people who work with birds & cattle. It'd be really nice to see a campaign to get them immunized for the flu to reduce the risk of a co-infection that can hybridize H5N1.

I guess I did my part, then, without realizing it. I work on a dairy farm and I got my annual flu shot already.

Here's hoping our cows don't get sick.

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