Mon Mar 30, 2020, 03:15 PM
Roland99 (52,964 posts)
Death rate comparison- H1N1 vs Covid-19Link to tweet If anyone's still wondering why we weren't this concerned with the H1N1 pandemic, here's a comparison of confirmed (laboratory tested & presumed positive) deaths in the US between the H1N1 pandemic & COVID-19:
Pretty stark as to now important physical distancing and testing really is
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Roland99 | Mar 2020 | OP |
gibraltar72 | Mar 2020 | #1 | |
wishstar | Mar 2020 | #2 | |
El Supremo | Mar 2020 | #3 | |
Proud Liberal Dem | Mar 2020 | #4 | |
Roland99 | Mar 2020 | #5 |
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 03:19 PM
gibraltar72 (7,013 posts)
1. Plus we had a functioning government.
Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 03:22 PM
wishstar (4,981 posts)
2. Also, we had vaccine in 6 months getting it under control by the fall season in 2009
despite all the hoopla today about Johnson & Johnson's billion$ deal to make vaccine, projected rollout to public is still at least a year away.
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Response to Roland99 (Original post)
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 03:26 PM
El Supremo (20,288 posts)
3. But the H1N1 caused 12,469 total deaths in the US.
As estimated by the CDC. We are nowhere near that... yet.
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Response to El Supremo (Reply #3)
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 03:30 PM
Proud Liberal Dem (23,425 posts)
4. Well
Trump has set the bar for a "good outcome" for COVID19 as 100K.
Also, as has been noted, that figure was for an entire year (and somewhat in line with normal flu deaths) ![]() |
Response to El Supremo (Reply #3)
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 03:44 PM
Roland99 (52,964 posts)