Is it time to freak out about bird flu?

Is it time to freak out about bird flu? The answer is not as straightforward as one might like.

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you might be getting anxious. You might be worried that no one has figured out how one of the infected individuals, who lives in Missouri, contracted H5N1. Or you might recall that the virus has killed half of the 900-plus people known to have been infected with it over the past 27 years