What will happen if the highly pathogenic virus is detected in the United States?
Even if the virus is detected here, it would be no cause for panic.
Detection of the virus does not signal the start of a pandemic among
humans. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is not easily transmissible
between migratory birds and humans or from one human to another, so
prevention efforts would focus on keeping wild birds away from poultry
and eradicating the virus immediately from poultry flocks if found.