How many CONFIRMED cases of the H1N1 and CONFIRMED deaths vs. CONFIRMED case of Wuhan and CONFIRMED deaths?
Good point. This thing has been a statistical fustercluck.
btw- the death rate in NYC is under .6%: https://nypost.com/2020/03/21/coronavirus-cases-continue-to-rise-in-new-york-and-throughout-us/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic_by_country
H1N1 (2009): 6,724,149 confirmed cases; 19,654 deaths; 0.3% death rate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic
COVID19 (as of this posting): 308,615 cases; 13,071 deaths; 4.2% death rate
“How many CONFIRMED cases of the H1N1 and CONFIRMED deaths vs. CONFIRMED case of Wuhan and CONFIRMED deaths?”
Too soon to tell. Plenty of hindsight for H1N1. This round of the Kung Flu still needs to play out.
Until then, in the interest of personal protection, I’ll give the “experts” the benefit of the doubt that Kung Flu is 10x more contagious than “regular” flu, keeping in mind that I’m in a very high risk segment of the population.
CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in the United States
During the pandemic, CDC provided estimates of the numbers of 2009 H1N1 cases, hospitalizations and deaths on seven different occasions. Final estimates were published in 2011. These final estimates were that from April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010 approximately 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (8868-18,306) occurred in the United States due to pH1N1. These final estimates are available at: Estimating the burden of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in the United States (April 2009-April 2010)External Web Site Icon, Shrestha SS, et al., Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jan 1;52 Suppl 1:S75-82.
Not once, though, did I ever feel like I wasn't going to be able to draw my next breath.