Coronavirus and the 2009 H1N1 Swine flu

Coronavirus and the 2009 H1N1 Swine flu

As of mid-March 2010, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about 59 million Americans contracted the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, 265,000 were hospitalized as a result, and 12,000 died.

The earliest reported cases of H1N1 in the US began appearing in late March 2009, in California.  Deaths relating to this new strain of influenza began appearing in the US in late April, and by early June 15, states had reported fatalities related to or directly occurring from the virus. These deaths totaled at 4,000 as of November 15, 2009.  On October 24, 2009, President Barack Obama declared Swine Flu a national emergency in the United States. On November 12, 2009, the CDC reported an estimated 22 million Americans had been infected with 2009 A H1N1 and 4,000 Americans have died.  On December 10, 2009, the CDC reported an estimated 50 million Americans or 1 in 6 people had been infected with the 2009 A H1N1 Virus and 10,000 Americans had died.  To be noted here is that it took the Obama administration over six months to declare the swine flu a national emergency, and they effectively did nothing for these six months while thousands of Americans died of the H1N1 virus.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic_in_the_United_States

Contrast the above with the pro-active steps that the Trump administration has taken with respect to the coronavirus, such as early restriction of travel to the U.S. from affected areas, formation of government and medical industry action groups to mitigate the spread of the virus and continuing news conferences and pressers to inform the public as to the steps being taken.  The Trump administration is attempting to curtail the spread of the virus and take remedial action in active cases.  It is criminal that the Obama administration sat on their hands for over six months while thousands of Americans died from H1N1.

The New York Times wrote a scathing, biased opinion piece by their so-called investigative reporters condemning the Trump administrations response to the outbreak of coronavirus.  The article is fodder for the Trump-hating left, but is so obviously biased to an independent reader.  This is the link.  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/07/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

We know how biased and unfair most of the media is to Trump and anything his administration does.  This latest coronavirus issue just highlights the positive action the Trump administration is taking concerning the coronavirus, to the do-nothing Obama administration with respect to the H1N1 virus in 2009.

Ray Gruszecki

March 7, 2020