Dan Patrick is a shill for Dan Patricks way of thinking. He started in Houston and a Sports broadcaster, failed in he Restaurant business, bought a radio station (featuring Rush Limbaugh as the hi lite, which I dodn't have a problem with) became a talk show host himself and ran for State senate at the urging of Republicans in the district where he lived-
That said- where was the Fear Mongering media in the below? Maybe if Trump had been POTUS it would have surfaced then- but, alas it wasn't.
The (H1N1)pdm09 virus was very different from H1N1 viruses that were circulating at the time of the pandemic. Few young people had any existing immunity (as detected by antibody response) to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus, but nearly one-third of people over 60 years old had antibodies against this virus, likely from exposure to an older H1N1 virus earlier in their lives. Since the (H1N1)pdm09 virus was very different from circulating H1N1 viruses, vaccination with seasonal flu vaccines offered little cross-protection against (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection. While a monovalent (H1N1)pdm09 vaccine was produced, it was not available in large quantities until late November—after the peak of illness during the second wave had come and gone in the United States. From April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, CDC estimated there were 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (range: 195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306) in the United States due to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus.
Additionally, CDC estimated that 151,700-575,400 people worldwide died from (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection during the first year the virus circulated.** Globally, 80 percent of (H1N1)pdm09 virus-related deaths were estimated to have occurred in people younger than 65 years of age. This differs greatly from typical seasonal influenza epidemics, during which about 70 percent to 90 percent of deaths are estimated to occur in people 65 years and older.
Though the 2009 flu pandemic primarily affected children and young and middle-aged adults, the impact of the (H1N1)pdm09 virus on the global population during the first year was less severe than that of previous pandemics. Estimates of pandemic influenza mortality ranged from 0.03 percent of the world’s population during the 1968 H3N2 pandemic to 1 percent to 3 percent of the world’s population during the 1918 H1N1 pandemic. It is estimated that 0.001 percent to 0.007 percent of the world’s population died of respiratory complications associated with (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection during the first 12 months the virus circulated.
A summary of key events of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and the CDC's response activities between April 2009 and April 2010.
www.cdc.gov
Oh, before you call me names to attack me personally, or my politics, I have a disclaimer or two.
1), I'm a libertarian- no Party affiliation
2), I despise ALL politicians and elected office holders
The TDS suffered here is as bad as Republicans and Conservatives had during the anointed ones reign.
Yet you believe you're different- LOL- Republicrats and Demopublicans who reside in the District of Criminals see you both (and me) as tools or enemies- Period.
When you shill for one you are vindicated, until you ain't- when you oppose for one you're vilified until you ain't. Wash, rinse, repeat-