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The Obama administration’s handling of H1N1 was a model. Prompt response, quick development of a vaccine and then messaging for people to get vaccinated. But Rush Limbaugh and Fox News urged people not to get vaccinated, as did Donald Trump himself. https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1247299638455144455
Here's a piece I did a while back about how Trump as a private citizen impaired the model Obama fight against H191 pandemic: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/07/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-united-states.html Trump likewise did everything he could to mess up the Obama administration's belated but successful efforts against Ebola.
Trump lies when he says Obama bungled H1N1. In fact, Obama declared a public health emergency when there were only 30 cases and no deaths. Anti-virals were released the same day. Two days later, a test was approved by the FDA and Obama asked Congress for money to fight H1N1.
So first H1N1 infection in US was on April 15, 2009. Within 2 1/2 weeks, Obama had declared a public health emergency, approved medication, released a test, asked Congress for funding. A vaccine was ready in five months. Americans are dying because Trump did none of this.
