The event was held in Maryland to showcase the success of their model lethality assessment program.

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The "lethality rate, " though, has gone up on the South Side, according to sociologist Anthony Harris.

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Mocking up the numbers since Michael Reese Hospital closed, he says the lethality rate has gone up 25%.

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Most importantly, each part of the game plays out based on your approach and your choices, meaning the consequences of stealth, lethality, and so forth will shape the course of events.

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Having had close calls with both SARS and H5N1, the world is watching and waiting to see if this new virus possesses the combination of infectiousness and lethality that made those two diseases such a worry.

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