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How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

HEALTHBEAT

Even if theres only a 5% chance of a bird flu pandemic happening, were talking about a pandemic that probably looks like 2020 or worse, said Tom Peacock, a bird flu researcher at the Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom, referring to Covid-19. health security system that would allow other risky new pathogens to take root, too.