The Bird-Flu Tipping Point
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March 20, 2025
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The Bird-Flu Tipping Point
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Summary
It’s been five years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But there may be another potential pandemic on the horizon: bird flu. Against the backdrop of growing anti-vaccination sentiment, exhaustion from COVID, and a new administration, The Atlantic’s Katie Wu explains that the U.S. is perhaps less prepared to deal with a widespread outbreak than it was when COVID hit—and bird flu, if it spreads to humans, could be worse.
Read more from Wu’s reporting at The Atlantic here and here.
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