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The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: A New Flu Virus Emerges [Flashback]
The US Centers for Disease Control ^ | The CDC

Posted on 03/13/2020 3:25:38 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

... 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: 8,868-18,306) in the United States due to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus.

Additionally, CDC estimated that 151,700-575,400 people worldwide died from (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection during the first year the virus circulated.** Globally, 80 percent of (H1N1)pdm09 virus-related deaths were estimated to have occurred in people younger than 65 years of age. This differs greatly from typical seasonal influenza epidemics, during which about 70 percent to 90 percent of deaths are estimated to occur in people 65 years and older.

The United States mounted a complex, multi-faceted and long-term response to the pandemic, summarized in The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: Summary Highlights, April 2009-April 2010. On August 10, 2010, WHO declared an end to the global 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. However, (H1N1)pdm09 virus continues to circulate as a seasonal flu virus, and cause illness, hospitalization, and deaths worldwide every year.

(Excerpt) Read more at cdc.gov ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: disease; flu; pandemic; swine

1 posted on 03/13/2020 3:25:38 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So... What?


2 posted on 03/13/2020 3:47:00 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("Jesus was a fundamentalist".- BipolarBob)
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To: Hugh the Scot

1. All of the salaried people have canceled school. They can hang out with their kids and get paid to listen to:

2. NPR and all other left wing outlets can destabilize Trump and the economy whilst destroying lives in a last-ditch effort to win 2020.


3 posted on 03/13/2020 3:55:56 AM PDT by golux
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Its all right here. YOU MUST, MUST, MUST READ IT:

“Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now
Politicians, Community Leaders and Business Leaders: What Should You Do and When?”

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca


4 posted on 03/13/2020 4:00:51 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thanks for posting. Great information. We have been here before. There will be parallels and differences, that we can use to shape our assessment of the current outbreak.


5 posted on 03/13/2020 4:04:35 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance. Nemo me impune lacessit!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

6 posted on 03/13/2020 4:16:11 AM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This was an interesting tidbit

September 1
More than 1,000 test kits shipped to 120 domestic and 250 international laboratories in 140 countries since May 1, 2009.

They had a test by May 1st (Apr 15th 1st case diagnosed) and had shipped 1000 kits by Sept 1st, although by mid June there were a million cases, doubling by July.
President Trump’s team will have 4 million test kits out by the end of the week and Labcorp and others have started offering their own test in the last few days.


7 posted on 03/13/2020 4:17:27 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance. Nemo me impune lacessit!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bfl


8 posted on 03/13/2020 4:35:18 AM PDT by Reddy ( B.O. stinks)
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To: Reddy

me too


9 posted on 03/13/2020 5:22:02 AM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: Chode

These flu numbers were not much talked about in days past, so people have no perspective this time around. As a result its easy to spread panic.

My question.... is this the way we will react to the viruses from now on?


10 posted on 03/13/2020 5:37:00 AM PDT by xenia ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell)
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To: golux

Flu Season comes and goes. In the past different strains of flu came and went. People got sick and some died. Is this one outpacing past flu seasons? Flu shots deal with only a percentage of the different strains that might appear. We have gone totally berserk with this strain. Is it now proper to prepare for the worst on something that might happen. The next time there’s a report of an asteroid that will come close to earth, should we prepare for the end of the world? To me this is just another example of an effort to discredit and blame the administration. The thing is – it has gone TOO far.


11 posted on 03/13/2020 8:10:52 AM PDT by GTM01
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To: Chode
True enough.

It's also social media (that wasn't anywhere near as omnipresent or efficient in 2009 as it is today) keeping people's fingers on the panic button.

12 posted on 03/13/2020 8:14:58 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: golux

I’m unconvinced that this outbreak has anything to do with the election.

Because of where it apparently started, and how many people it’s killing, who don’t vote.


13 posted on 03/13/2020 3:11:52 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("Jesus was a fundamentalist".- BipolarBob)
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To: Hugh the Scot

The outbreak is being used by the media to stoke uncertainty, fear and panic...and to disrupt the economy. All of this is being manipulated by the worthless dishonest media and the useless leftists and the degenerate leftist politicians. That is one of the ways this had “to do with the elections”.


14 posted on 03/13/2020 3:17:44 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Chode
CDC: 80,000 people died of flu last winter [2018] in U.S , highest death toll in 40 years.
15 posted on 03/13/2020 3:37:06 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: daniel1212

This IS all about completely shutting down the economy in an election year!!!


16 posted on 03/13/2020 3:40:02 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Hugh the Scot

There are many thousands of active killer diseases roaming around the world at any time.

THIS was the time and place to create a national panic.

Similar thing happened with AIDS, a totally preventable disease.

If you want a “revolution,” foment discord, class warfare, and a sense of injustice and panic.

Happy people never become communists.


17 posted on 03/13/2020 4:41:18 PM PDT by golux
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To: golux; hal ogen

Most people that I know aren’t politicizing this outbreak, and more importantly, aren’t listening to anyone who tries to.

Then again, most people that I know aren’t leftists.


18 posted on 03/14/2020 5:46:44 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("Jesus was a fundamentalist".- BipolarBob)
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