[bonesmccoy]

re: high-mortality

there are probably tons of people with the infection, but only a few are getting this ill.

This is commonly seen in initial waves of infection.

[Jim Noble]

Yes, agree.

If you remember, the Legionnaire's mortality from the Bellevue-Stratford outbreak in 1979 was very high-because a) no one knew that erythromycin and tetracycline were the drugs of choice; and b) the ultra-strict case definition excluded all the mild cases.