During the H1N1 pandemic, the deaths attributed to H1N1 during the 4 month flu season in 2009 was more than the number of deaths attributed to COVID since January.
Schools were not shut down.
H1N1, despite having less overall deaths, was a much scarier virus because the people who had the highest chance of fatality were healthy people.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128617/
During the H1N1 pandemic, the deaths attributed to H1N1 during the 4 month flu season in 2009 was more than the number of deaths attributed to COVID since January.
Schools were not shut down.
H1N1, despite having less overall deaths, was a much scarier virus because the people who had the highest chance of fatality were healthy people.