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In reply to the discussion: There it is. [View all]uponit7771
(93,532 posts)6. 1.5 billion people were infected by Swine flu & was the worst pandemic since 1918 in numbers, NOTHIN
... comes close and the reason you most likely didn't hear about that is because Obama wasn't a nut case like Trump

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-deadly-is-the-coronavirus-compared-to-past-outbreaks#2009-(H1N1)-flu-pandemic
- Global cases: about 24 percent of global population; 60.8 million U.S. cases
- Global deaths: over 284,000; 12,469 in the United States; death rate was .02 percent
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1.5 billion people were infected by Swine flu & was the worst pandemic since 1918 in numbers, NOTHIN
uponit7771
Apr 2020
#6
Not on social media, but will alert some who are. They like going to Twitter jail for annoying old
niyad
Apr 2020
#17
It's like IT work: Nobody knows you're doing anything if your doing your job right. n/t
Beartracks
Apr 2020
#40
And he didn't let crises become crises just to have photo-ops pretending to be a hero.
Beartracks
Apr 2020
#39
you can't lead or govern when all you do is campaign. Trump has NEVER gotten out of that mode.
Vivienne235729
Apr 2020
#41
Is it just me, or does anyone else miss having a competent President?
Different Drummer
Apr 2020
#49