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Crunchy Frog

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19. It was between 8 and 12 thousand over the course of an entire year.

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 7, 2020, 11:18 PM

Oct 2020

And that wasn't with counting the fatalities day to day, but an estimate after the whole thing was over.

Covid's final count will end up being much higher than the preliminary numbers that we have now. Not even remotely comparable.

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H1n1 vs Covid. I don't remember h1n1 being that bad. [View all] GusFring Oct 2020 OP

It wasn't. marybourg Oct 2020 #1

It was more contagious than most other flus... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #2

I remember some fuss, but not THAT bad. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #3

I can't believe they think that line would work. Claustrum Oct 2020 #4

No, for fucks sake. Nothing even close. onecaliberal Oct 2020 #5

No, it wasn't. Not even remotely remotely. nt Blue_true Oct 2020 #6

He lied. He said 60m got it. I guess if you're gonna lie... brush Oct 2020 #21

It was enormously contagious, but not nearly as deadly as SARS-COV-2. Blue_true Oct 2020 #22

About 60M Americans got it however it wasn't Rice4VP Oct 2020 #28

More like 25m which probably included regular seasonal flu. brush Oct 2020 #29

Some people died...but not 200,000 Obama/Biden handled it. Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #7

It was between 8 and 12 thousand over the course of an entire year. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #19

And consider that H1N1 was much more lethal. Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #25

Much less lethal. Less lethal even than regular seasonal flu I believe. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #27

My husband and son had h1n1. It was bad but completely different from this pandemic. Nt helpisontheway Oct 2020 #8

I honestly don't remember anything about h1n AlexSFCA Oct 2020 #9

Revisionist history won't work chriscan64 Oct 2020 #10

They closed some schools in Texas for a couple of weeks Mariana Oct 2020 #11

25% of the human race got h1n1 but the world, lead by the Obama admin, was prepared for ... uponit7771 Oct 2020 #12

I don't even remember wearing a mask for h1n1 GusFring Oct 2020 #13

I caught it,h1n1 I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2020 #14

No. I was a RN in the same hospital I'm in now ismnotwasm Oct 2020 #15

No. Trump and Pence are trying to spin it into something it was not. Politicub Oct 2020 #16

I don't even remember H1N1, and I had newborn preemie twins at the time. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #17

I had H1N1.. it was a bad flu, the worst I've had, but absolutely nothing like what ppl say of covid Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #18

Caught a weaker strain of it in the Spring that year. haele Oct 2020 #20

If you cannot remember it, then it wasn't as bad as covid-19. Yavin4 Oct 2020 #23

Estimated US H1N1 deaths over a year: 12.5K struggle4progress Oct 2020 #24

I got very sick with h1n1 gollygee Oct 2020 #26