Remember how Black Man Good handled the Swine flu pandemic in 2009? Zero travel restrictions were imposed to slow or stop the spread of the virus. 59 million got infected and 12000 died in the US. It took Black Man Good 6 months to declare a national emergency after millions were infected and 1000 had already died and still no travel restrictions!
Since the H1N1 flu pandemic began in April, millions of people in the United States have been infected, at least 20,000 have been hospitalized and more than 1,000 have died, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-19-la-sci-swine-flu20-2010mar20-story.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/h1n1.obama/index.html
Orange Man Bad did impose travel restrictions and quarantines from China immediately (and more countries followed) to slow the spread of the virus. Very different approach and we will see how it pans out compared to Europe for example. Still the "high quality" NYT wants to call it the Trumpvirus but Swine flu was never called Obamavirus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/coronavirus-trump.html
Last edited by numberwang - on 02 March 2020
