re: H1N1 vs. Coronavirus - Why are they not comparable?

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January 2009 H1N1 was declared a pandemic. April the first US case was detercted. October 24, 2009 (6 months later), after 1,000 died, did Obama declare it a Public Health Emergency.

In comparison, December 31, 2019 China first reported Coronavirus to the world. January 31st Trump declared it a public health emergency. Quarantines were set in place, and you called Trump racist.

Care to revisit your last comment?

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It was declared a pandemic by WHO and the CDC in JUNE 2009. Maybe you would like to revisit yours.

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Viral outbreaks are exponential in nature

Repeat the above sentence 500 fricking times in your head if you have to until you get it

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The 4000 number was actually estimated on November 12th.So we're talking a little over a month to come up 3000 deaths.

So if we're looking at and "exponential rates" you're looking at 12,000 deaths+ through December.

So that means a grand total of 15000 in those 2 months (minimum) which would top the official death tally by about 2,500.

Doesn't quite add up.

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It absolutely is

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it is not and i have explained multiple times how that's not the case. at a certain political level, an outbreak is an outbreak. you do the same thing for both - stem the tide. THAT'S what people are trying to get across but is obviously escaping you

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4 countries had hospitals overrun

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this has been shown to be not analogous to those who are keeping up. see the latest cdc comments on how badly the models were off

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Now they have half the cases in the US and their hospitals are struggling to keep up.

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not exactly. as of yesterday, there were still cases of the most critical equipment sitting unused in a warehouse and the gov admitting they weren't really that urgent right after he had gone out and made a public cry of hysteria that he needed quadruple the number that were sitting in his own warehouse.

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They reacted too late

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and for every nyc you cite, i'll cite every other city that isn't a hotspot. this virus is hitting a handful of cities. the rest of the country is hardly noticing any serious cases/deaths. you are really missing the context of this situation

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you’d make a lousy politician.

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again, looking around, i think most people agree with what i have been saying