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		austincheney on March 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says H1N1 spread far faster and killed far more people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H1N1

casefields on March 11, 2020 [–]

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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