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BCSnob
Aug 18, 2020Explorer
azdryheat wrote:
BTW, did anyone here wear a mask during the H1N1 pandemic of 2008. 60 million cases. Only 5 million Covid and we're in such a panic.
1. With influenza (including H1N1) you are infectious after you have symptoms (you feel sick). With Covid-19 you are infectious before you have symptoms or ever have symptoms. This is why masks for everyone (including those who don’t feel sick) to minimize the spread of this virus.
2. The number of infections from 12 months of H1N1 was projected to be 60million (“The methods CDC used to estimate the cumulative burden of influenza A H1N1pdm09 are based on methods that have been detailed elsewhere and are available at https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/estimates.htm.“) The 5 million Covid-19 infections are the number of positive tests, not project disease burden and the number of Covid-19 infections is for about 6 months (and still increasing). The number of H1N1 deaths over 12 months was “ 12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306)”.much lower than the number of deaths from 6 months of Covid-19. CDC H1N1 CDC Coronavirus
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