It's been a while since I have posted.
I have been doing some research... I would like to see some concrete statistics on the H1N1 pandemic of 2009, if someone can find more for me that is not biased, that would be great. This is all I have. You would be hard pressed to find much, which I find odd... In fact, I don't really recall the H1N1 pandemic it all that well... we will explore why below.
So here is what I have so far in the United States.
H1N1: April 17, 2009, first confirmed case. April 28, 2009, first confirmed death (not elderly), June 2, 2009 all 50 states have confirmed cases. Timeline cannot be found.--11 days after first confirmed case is the first death. almost exactly a month and a half after the first case, all 50 have it.
Coronavirus: Jan 19, 2000, first confirmed case...February 29th, 2009, first confirmed death (elderly person). March 18th, all 50 states have confirmed cases. We know up until now, but the future is still uncertain.--More than a month after first confirmed case is the first death. 2 months after the first confirmed case, all 50 states have it.
H1N1 spread at a faster rate.
So what is the difference? The Media!!!
Why? Because H1N1 started here in the states, they did not want the world to find out how bad it was. And because Barrack Obama was President. Media deciding how to proceed, not the Government.
I've read many articles, and all have spin on them saying that it is a much different pandemic, so far I can't see much of a difference except for who the ultimate victims are, kids and mid-aged people with H1N1, as opposed to the Elderly with Corona.
Now, maybe you want to say that we learned our lesson from what happened in 2009, and we don't want the same thing to happen, where 12,600 people parish over the course of a year. I can understand that, but at least admit it.
Sources
And some other sources. It took quite a bit of time to gather this. The point is, I think we are over-reacting for political reasons, all governors and presidents alike, and we are going to pay the price for it.