Will you be going out to eat?

[dioxide45]

I still don't get the paranoia over this illness because H1N1 was such a scare, but you never had closures, and it wasn't hyped like this. I hope the curve becomes a flat-line soon. I feel badly for retailers, restaurants and all small businesses that will suffer. Sadly, this is just going to be devastating for them.

H1N1 also impacted the young a lot more than the old. Most of the deaths with H1N1 were people younger than 65 where the current virus, most of the deaths are those over 65. Older people had built up immunity from older H1N1 strains. This virus is different in that no one really has any built up immunities to it. The mortality rate of H1N1 was also only about .02%, they believe that this is going to be much higher.

 

[controller1]

Louisiana: Per Governor's Emergency Order all restaurants must close to inside dining. Restaurants are allowed take-out, drive-thru and delivery. Also ordered to close (at least through April 13): casinos, gyms, movie theaters, public K-12 schools. Gatherings of 50 or more people are illegal and will be enforced by state police and local law enforcement.

Most business have announced reduced hours and many of the chain operations (especially in malls) have announced closures.

 

[Roger830]

The response was swift, the virus was contained. This time, response sluggish, testing nearly non-existent so tracing /quarantine didn't happen, late containment failing, people not heeding instructions. This is not going to be a flat line. We are well past any kind of happy outcome. It's coming. The disaster has not yet hit, even tho most states declared emergency a week or more ago.

It's not clear how H1N1 can be considered to have been contained.

A look back at swine flu: 8 facts about the world's last pandemic in 2009

The World Health Organization on March 11 declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, the first such declaration in 11 years.

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Here's a look back on the 2009 swine flu pandemic with eight key facts from the CDC:

1. The flu strain responsible for the outbreak — influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 — was first detected in America in April 2009.

2. The strain represented a unique combination of influenza viruses never before seen in humans or animals.

3. The virus quickly spread globally, primarily affecting children and adults under 65 who lacked immunity to H1N1.

4. The WHO declared the swine flu outbreak a pandemic on June 11, 2009.

5. Between April 12, 2009, and April 10, 2010, the CDC estimates swine flu caused 60.8 million illnesses, 273,304 hospitalizations and 12,469 deaths in the U.S.

6. On Oct. 5, 2009, the U.S. began administering a newly approved H1N1 vaccine to select Americans, with vaccination coverage expanding nationwide by that December.

7. WHO declared an end to the pandemic on Aug. 10, 2010.

8. Globally, an estimated 151,700 to 575,400 people died from swine flu in the first year of the pandemic.