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Except it wasn't the first human transmission of bird flu. And sadly it won't be the last. And we've got anti-vaxxer Bobby Brain-worm as head of HHS now. H5N1 in humans has a lethality of 50% of those who contract it. Not too much less than Ebola, and a LOT easier to catch.