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How many cattle will be culled because of an infectious disease outbreak, in the largest such occurrence, between 2021 and 2023?

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Will an epidemic or agroterrorist attack on US agriculture cause at least $20 billion (2021 USD) in damage by 2040?

Will human cases of HPAI clade 2.3.4.4b avian influenza exceed 500,000 before 2025?

Will there be a novel pathogen that kills over 25 million people between 2022 and 2031 (inclusive)?

Will an epidemic or agroterrorist attack on US agriculture cause at least $20 billion (2021 USD) in damage by 2040?

Will human cases of HPAI clade 2.3.4.4b avian influenza exceed 500,000 before 2025?

Will there be a novel pathogen that kills over 25 million people between 2022 and 2031 (inclusive)?

Will an epidemic or agroterrorist attack on US agriculture cause at least $20 billion (2021 USD) in damage by 2040?

Will human cases of HPAI clade 2.3.4.4b avian influenza exceed 500,000 before 2025?

Will there be a novel pathogen that kills over 25 million people between 2022 and 2031 (inclusive)?