WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, IN 2009 THE H1N1 SWINE FLU RAVAGED THE USA; THE FIRST CONFIRMED INFECTION WAS MARCH 28, 2009. THE FIRST DEATH ON US SOIL WAS MAY 5, 2009. BY SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 MORE THAN 9,000 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED AND 593 HAD DIED. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL OCTOBER 24, 2009 THAT PRESIDENT DECLARED THE H1N1 SWINE FLU A NATIONAL EMERGENCY