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In its current form, it is very difficult to get H5N1. Since 2003, there have been 253 confirmed human cases of H5N1 according to the World Health Organization, resulting in a case fatality ratio of 58 percent. Most of those cases involved patients in developing nations who lived in close contact with their chickens or other birds for extended periods of time.
