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How many total human cases of H5 bird flu will CDC report in the United States for 2024 and 2025?

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	lower 25%	median	upper 75%	>5k
community	109.9	184.1	375.5	3.5%
My Prediction	—	—	—	—

Quartiles	community	My Prediction
lower 25%	109.9	—
median	184.1	—
upper 75%	375.5	—
Upper bound
>5k	3.5%	—

Authors:

johnnycaffeine

Opened:

Oct 21, 2024

Closes:

Dec 31, 2025

Scheduled resolution:

Jan 10, 2026

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