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Originally posted by AchtungBaby80
I don't eat red meat so all that's left is chicken and fish, but I don't think I'd avoid chicken just because of the bird flu...you can't catch it from eating it, can you? On the other hand, if it was transmissible that way, then...maybe.
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You cannot get it from eating the meat - however, this carries the "as long as it was properly cooked" caveat for the time being.
The avenues for infection right now all require exposure to infected animals, especially animal feces or during butchering.
Once the virus changes to a form easily passed between humans (note this is 'when' not 'if'), it will be passed much as 'regular' flu strains.