Remember the H1N1 Pandemic? I Don’t Either

American Thinker.com ^ | March 16, 2020 | Brian C. Joondeph

[Kaslin]

Although the "racist"-sounding “Wuhan virus” is now labeled as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, in America the real pandemic, more accurately described as pandemonium, is at the local supermarkets where store shelves resemble those in Venezuela.

America is in the grips of a panic the likes of which we haven’t seen before. What exactly is a pandemic, other than a scary sounding word from science fiction movies? According to WHO, “Pandemic refers to an epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents, usually affecting a large number of people.”

Per the Johns Hopkins dashboard, at the time of this writing, there are 147,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus spanning the globe, with 5500 deaths and 72.000 recoveries. Cases in China have leveled off over the past several weeks, suggesting that we in the U.S. may see the same over the upcoming weeks to months.

Wuhan virus is not the first viral pandemic America has had to contend with. The last one was the H1N1 virus from 2009. How did America react to that last pandemic 10 years ago? Does anyone have more than a vague recollection of H1N1, also known as swine flu? No one will forget this current panic, but most have forgotten H1N1.

During the swine flu pandemic, were there mass cancellations of events including conferences, concerts, sporting events, and entire professional sports leagues? Did colleges cancel classes, finishing the remainder of their semesters online? Were travel restrictions imposed between America and Europe? Were panicked Americans hoarding everything from toilet paper to pasta?

If these things happened during the swine flu pandemic, I certainly have no recollection. In 2009, congressional Democrat leaders weren’t criticizing the president, instead they were trying to force through a government takeover of healthcare, known as ObamaCare.

[mmichaels1970]

Does anyone have more than a vague recollection of H1N1, also known as swine flu?

I do. It almost killed my wife who was in her early 30's. Caused real bad pancreatitis.

But I get the larger point though.

[GSWarrior]

Why don’t our intrepid journalists interview folks who have had the virus and since recovered?

Is there anything like that being broadcast?

[VanDeKoik]

Try as I may, I honestly don’t remember it at all.

[xp38]

I only have a vague recollection of impeachment these days. :)

[mmichaels1970]

Why don’t our intrepid journalists interview folks who have had the virus and since recovered?

Agreed. I don't see much, if any, of that at all.

[adorno]

Well, the difference is that, this virus is a lot more dangerous. due to the fact that the current president is Trump, and Trump doesn’t care about people, which means that a lot more people will be infected and will die.

IOW, the epidemic/pandemic is defined by who is in the White House. If it had been Hillary, life would’ve continued as normal and the pandemic would not have been declared at all.

[DannyTN]

Coronavirus Is 10 Times More Lethal

Not only does Dr. Fouci say Coronavirus is 10 times more lethal than seasonal flu, he was specifically asked about the Swine flu in this video. He says the swine flu was less lethal than the regular flu.

[mmichaels1970]

I only have a vague recollection of impeachment these days. :)

I hear that. I've been so swamped with helping people transition to working from home that I completely forgot a coworker's name that I've worked with for years. First and last name just completely disappeared from my brain. Eventually it came back.

[shelterguy]

I only remember RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA and Orange Man Bad.
Nothing before that.

[PMAS]

H1N1 (Swine Flu) was less lethal.... After they calculated everyone who had it over a year.

[silverleaf]

H1N1 was a pandemic
Declared by WHO in April 2009
Obama did not declare it a US national emergency until 6 months later, Oct 2009
By that time his CDC Director Frieden said that millions of Americans were already infected, 20,000 in hospital, 1,000 dead
Vaccines were underway by delayed by bureaucratic snags
https://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/h1n1.obama/index.html

The media gave, and is giving , obama a COMPLETE pass on this history
Do not forget

[JennysCool]

The media never does encouraging stories, you know that.

Every media outlet in the world is having a field day with this. It’s fear that gets ratings and hits and sells papers.

That’s the way it’s always been.

[DouglasKC]

That was a flu. This is more akin to a highly contagious viral pneumonia.

[Rurudyne]

The seriousness of the charges don’t affect Democrats.

[Fiji Hill]

Although the "racist"-sounding “Wuhan virus” is now labeled as a pandemic by the World Health Organization...

Why is is it racist to call the pathogen in question the Wuhan virus? No one made that complaint about the Spanish flu, the Asian flu, the Hong Kong flu, and the West Nile, Zika and Ebola viruses.

[PMAS]

“From April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, CDC estimated there were 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (range: 195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306) in the United States due to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus. ”
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-h1n1-pandemic.html

Timeline:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-pandemic-timeline.html ;

[lodi90]

H1N1 (Swine Flu) was less lethal.... After they calculated everyone who had it over a year.

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Now, now. Don’t introduce facts into a good Wu Flu panic attack.

We can state factually that the Wu Flu is at least 1000x more lethal to our economy than the Swine Flu ever was.

[DLfromthedesert]

Little Man Fauci wants the power to shut down the country.

[xp38]

Hey I also remember Bush’s fault for 16 years or 4 Presidential cycles. That has finally disappeared.