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FEAR UNMA S KED

remember hearing about it, but did not personally
experience any fear or develop key memories from
that time. The swine flu “epidemic” was just another
virus in the series of viruses that have impacted this
earth throughout history.
The swine flu killed thousands of Americans
and infected millions more. The CDC estimates that
from April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, there were 60.8

million people that were infected and 12,469 deaths
in the United States alone. 274,304 people were
hospitalized during this time as well. The CDC even
estimates that as many at 575,400 people may have
died from this virus across the world. 80 percent of
those deaths occurred in people who were younger
than sixty-five years old. This is actually very different

from a typical flu-like virus. Typically, influenza
deaths occur predominantly in people sixty-five
years and older. There were plenty of opportunities
for the country to have the “excuses” needed to shut
down and take away our civil liberties in the name
of public health, but that didn’t happen. Why wasn’t
there a freak-out in our country? What is so different
about the coronavirus that has everyone freaking out
about catching it? The answer: social media.

During the present coronavirus situation, the
media is sensationalizing the deaths of younger
people, even though 99.2 percent of the people that

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