Reply #111: My bad - I misread the article

[ekwhite]

In comparison, the mortality rate reported for the 1918 flu pandemic was 2.5% That is a bit more worrisome, but not time to panic yet.

The influenza virus had a profound virulence, with a mortality rate at 2.5% compared to the previous influenza epidemics, which were less than 0.1%.

Link: http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/