We have strategized how Legionnaires occurrences experienced a five fold increase from 2000 to 2017. Sometimes it can be tricky for me to understand what this means. I was reading the web links below that offer articles related to recent Legionnaires occurrences, pay attention to the dates.
Headlines:
10-21-19: DC Psychiatric Hospital Goes Weeks Without Drinking Water
10-18-19: 4th Legionnaires Disease Death Reported In North Carolina From Hot Tub Display
10-10-19: Michigan Probes Detroit Area Hospitals 7 Legionnaires Cases
10-4-19: NW Indiana Schools Closed After Legionnaires Discovery
9-15-19: 2 New Cases of Legionnaires in Suburban Chicago
8-18-19: Officials Probe Respiratory Illness At Quincy Veterans Home
8-15-19: Source Confirmed In Legionnaires Outbreak At Atlanta Hotel
8-14-19: Maine CDC: Legionella Bacteria Eliminated From Water Source
8-1-19: Hotel In Schaumburg, Illinois
8-1-19: Hotel In Tomahawk Wisconsin
7-15-19: Three Employees in La Porte County Indiana
7-1-19: Nursing Home in Connecticut
Question: How many Legionnaires cases were not reported or known about?
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