This is a post I made in DC about H1N1 vs Covid-19. Selfishly I'm going to repost it for visibility, as we are talking about how it's not widespread yet. The interesting thing is how under-reported deaths and cases were of H1N1 by WHO and the CDC
The initial report was 20k deaths by the WHO, now we think it was 200k plus.
USA reported 4k deaths in the first 6 months of the virus.
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That's not even comparable.*
The first H1N1 case was April 15th. Keep in mind that this disease was first found in the USA, not another country.*
By June 19th ( 2 months later), there were cases in 50 states
Towards the end of June we had 1 million US cases estimated.*
In October H1N1 resurged, and the CDC issued a report estimating 4000 people had died by that point in the USA
https://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/estimate...October_17.htm
Report showing 4k deaths.*
WHO stated the pandemic ended August of that next year (16 months total),*
The WHO official tally was 19k deaths across the country, but more recent analysis estimates it was 200k or more
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedici...l.pmed.1001558
The current Covid-19 death toll is 4600*
First case was likely in the beginning of December 2019*** thx Dirk
The First US case was announce January 21st, the first person to person spread was on January 30
This virus is very fresh.