Wow. I remember in 1997 speaking with one of my microbiologist professors about the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic. I said so many people died d/t bacterial pneumonia. He said, nope, the people died too fast for that to be the explanation. I'm glad that it appears the former was true. We have a much better antibiotic armamentarium now, and along with the bird vaccine, should be fairly well prepared for it when (not if) it hits. It will still cost this country tons of money to treat it, and deaths will still be horrid in underdeveloped countries, but when it comes, the best place will be either an island without air service or the good ole' U.S. of A.