2009 Flu Pandemic
The most recent flu pandemic in the US, initially known as “swine flu,” occurred in 2009 with a novel influenza virus, H1N1, not previously identified in either animals or humans, per the CDC. The virus was actually first detected in the US, and spread quickly cross the US and the world. According to the CDC, between April 12, 2009 and April 10, 2010, there were 60.8 million cases, 274,304 hospitalizations, and 12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306) in the US due to the virus. The CDC also estimated that up to 575,400 people died worldwide.
And hardly a mention of this in the commie media at the time. I hardly even remember the Swine Flu, no one made a fuss about it, gee I wonder why, who was President at that time, thinking, thinking...
Strangely, swine flu appeared quite soon after he returned from a trip to Mexico, a day or two. I always wondered about the timing.
That POTUS whom nobody can remember also didn’t declare a state of emergency until over 1000 Americans were dead.
After six months of the Swine Flu, Obama finally got around to appointing Bidens Chief of Staff, with a banking background, to the job of heading up a task force to deal with it. Not a peep from the Democrat media or the Republicans about this lethargic response, however.