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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88
Yes, the 2009-2010 H1N1 Flu killed 200,000+ worldwide and 62 to 85% of the deaths were people younger than age 65.
Link to further statistics if you want more details: https://www.livescience.com/41539-20...ll-higher.html
And yet there were no mass school/college closures, no mass cancellations of large scale events, no mass cancellations of sporting events during the H1N1 Flu Pandemic.
What is different about COVID-19 compared to the 2009-2019 H1N1 Flu that justifies this more extreme (over) reaction? |
The higher current mortality rates. You cannot compare the early death total of a novel virus first spreading across a country to the total deaths of a virus.
But sure, you figured it out and the infectious disease specialist and epidemiologists are just trying to overreact and cause panic.