What is the epidemiological consequence of reducing
the initial inoculum when the apparent infection rate is
high?
A reduction in initial inoculum (or initial disease incidence)
results in an apparent delay in the epidemic. Note that in the early
part of the epidemic, before the logistic factor (reduced amounts of
susceptible tissue) has much of an influence, every point along the
disease curve is reduced by the proportion of the reduction in initial
disease incidence.