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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by austincheney on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:46PM (#22548944)
H1N1 spread far faster and killed far more people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H1N1
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by casefields on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @03:33PM (#22549582)
The reason people are trying to downplay H1N1 is because they hate the flu comparison. People understand the risks and accepted deaths, from the flu. That bothers the doom and gloom folks.
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