Just the Facts about the Big "V" and the Past Ten Years

2009 Pandemic in the United States--  Wikipedia.

The CDC says that between April 12, 2009, and April 10, 2010, there were 60.8 million cases of A/H1N1, commonly known as the Swine Flu, in the U.S.

Of that, there were 274,000 hospitalizations and 12,459 deaths.

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The CDC says that between 2018-1019 in the U.S., the flu causes 35.5 million sicknesses requiring 490,000 hospitalizations and 34,000 deaths.

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The CDC also says that from October 1, 2019, to March 7, 2020, there have been between 36 and 51 million illnesses, 370,000 to 679,000 hospitalizations and between 22,000 and 55,000 deaths in the United States.

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According to Worldometer, as of March 21 at 19:05 GMT, in the U.S., there have been 24,116 cases of the coronavirus and 288  deaths.

I have to wonder why we haven't taken the draconian steps over the past ten years that we are now taking?  Now I am sure, this new virus is just now picking up steam, but the last three were much worse.  I mean, much worse.

What does the government know that they are not telling us?

Does not compute.  I repeat, dos not compute.