Death rate comparison- H1N1 vs Covid-19

[Roland99]

Link 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

[gibraltar72]

1. Plus we had a functioning government.

[wishstar]

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.

[El Supremo]

3. But the H1N1 caused 12,469 total deaths in the US.

As estimated by the CDC. We are nowhere near that... yet.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

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)

[Roland99]

5. over its year-long span. We're *one month* since 1st Covid-19 death (nearly 25% of H1N1 fatalities)