re: #90 Jay C

Apparently, no: according to Wikipedia:

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there were 60.8 million cases, 274,000 hospitalizations, and 12,469 deaths in the United States due to the virus.[117]

(Figures vary, but this is basically the toll for all of 2009: from April)

I stand corrected I thought the real number was like 6 million but I guess I got a decimal off in my head somewhere.

I guess it’s because I you know, lived during that time, and heard absolutely nothing about H1N1 after May 2009. I myself had it at end of April-beginning of May 2009. It was, in my case, just a normal flu. That number just *feels* like complete horseshit. I’ve always felt Republicans (and Al Qaren) trying to compare COVID to H1N1-2009 in any way was asinine though.

It’s disingenuous of him (I know.. a Republican… SHOCKED) to not be comparing death rates though.