H1N1 was a pandemic because WHO redefined the word pandemic
Before definition of pandemic:
After definition of pandemic: 
After definition of pandemic: Excellent work, I’m so sick of these freaking jerks on here sherking for the drug companies and medical industry. The CDC has been a massive failure, and most of what it is investigating is geared toward the left’s political agenda, such as “fat kids” and so on, just read there stuff in JAMA, it seems each article is a lefty issue, meanwhile, people with real diseases are being mocked and ignored by them.