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> Maybe this CDC press conf. will shed some light.

And for some historical context on flu mortality rates,
here's a quote re the 1918 "Spanish" flu epidemic that
killed between 20,000,000 and 40,000,000 people before
it wound down.

"The disease was also exceptionally severe, with mortality
rates of over 2.5% among the infected, compared to less
than 0.1% in other influenza epidemics. Some isolated
populations had mortality rates greater than 70%."

Flu virus varies from flu season to flu season. It is
fully expected that eventually we'll get another one
as nasty as the 1918. This could be it. No bio-terrorism
explanation is necessary, although had it started in a
suspicious target locale like Israel, the question would
need to be raised.