Before revision:  The power-law behavior fundamentally alters predictions of the long-term infection rate, and suggests that first-order  models that are parameterized in the exponential-like phase may systematically and significantly over-estimate the final severity of the outbreak.
After revision:  The power-law behavior fundamentally alters predictions of the long-term infection rate, and suggests that first-order epidemic models that are parameterized in the exponential-like phase may systematically and significantly over-estimate the final severity of the outbreak.