H1N1 in US: 60 million infected, 273k hospital, 12k died

H1N1 in US: 60 million infected, 273k hospital, 12k died
by Btd (2020-03-16 14:52:32)

In reply to: This might go on for several months. Fall season in jeopardy posted by Frank Drebin

We are not even remotely close to uncharted territory. What’s new is the irrational panic this time around. We didn’t even begin to act in 2009 until after the first 1000 people were already dead in the US.

This virus is following the exact same flow as previous ones. Death rate is dropping, they already are using new treatments based on antibodies of people that beat it, etc.

This is serious - but the reaction to it has been dramatically overblown compared to the 2009 pandemic that killed orders of magnitude more people 20% of US was infected.

Replies:

The US acted within a week of H1N1 being discovered. * - Leeroy_Jenkins 2020-03-16 16:31:37
- No, we didn't. 6 months before national emergency declared * - Btd 2020-03-16 22:47:13
  - 5000 H1N1 tests were done in the first month with 1 mil... - localirishfan 2020-03-17 10:57:27