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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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144 cases

(93.7 cases - 245 cases)

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	lower 25%	median	upper 75%	>5000
community	93.7	144.4	244.7	3.3%
My Prediction	—	—	—	—

Quartiles	community	My Prediction
lower 25%	93.7	—
median	144.4	—
upper 75%	244.7	—
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>5000	3.3%	—

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Authors:

johnnycaffeine

Opened:

Oct 22, 2024

Closes:

Dec 31, 2025

Scheduled resolution:

Jan 10, 2026

Spot Scoring Time:

Oct 24, 2024

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