Talk:Influenza A virus subtype H1N1

message: Why has swine flu been given prominance in this article, when your own https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_influenza page tells us that Influenza A is predominantly avian, with H1N1 in particular being related to ducks? That's not the impression given by this article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.70.43.107 (talk) 22:59, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  swine vs avian 

message: President Obama declared a national health emergency on April 26, 2009 NOT October 25, 2009. It should be noted that the first vaccine in the US was administered on October 5, 2009. It's in the timeline on the CDC website. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-pandemic-timeline.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobnmans (talk • contribs) 15:25, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong information in 2009 A(H1N1( Pandemic 

message: Only a single mention of the primary source report (publication) is in this 400-word section. The section and topic is about the G4 virus, not about the report. Therefore including the word "publication" in the title is not appropriate and should be removed as it serves no purpose.--Light show (talk) 06:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: EVERY source is responding to the media hype surrounding the paper’s publication.  SandyGeorgia (Talk)  12:27, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: As asked earlier, do you have any RS to support what appears to be only your (and maybe some others') personal opinion? And even if you did, this entire section is about a "dangerous" virus, not a publication. --Light show (talk) 18:00, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

text: SG, is an RfC necessary? --Light show (talk) 20:08, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I am refraining from repeating the same arguments as in the last discussion, where you also proposed an RFC, and the consensus was overwhelmingly not in your favor.  It does not appear that you accept that monitoring of emerging virus strains is common; that the CDC did its job; that the excess publicity was COVID-related; or that coverage was all hype or rebuttals to the hype. I suggest an RFC would yield the same conclusion as the merge discussion, and given that the hype and pageviews have now died down, it is hard to understand the concern over what amounts to one word. I am becoming concerned about cherrypicking of sources to continue the hype, relative to WP:WEIGHT and WP:NOTNEWS and WP:MEDRS. . SandyGeorgia (Talk)  20:40, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I too am a bit concerned, since you have ignored requests to support with RSs your opinion that the thousands of articles about this virus with pandemic potential are due to "hype" and "fear-mongering." --Light show (talk) 20:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The only thing notable about this strain of influenza virus is the publication and subsequent media hype.Graham Beards (talk) 06:48, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

text: I am fine with you placing an NPOV tag, because you have introduced that a-plenty!  Notice how unbalanced the summary of the source you added today is; yep, that is POV.  I wonder why this continues to be such a concern ... even the article you incompletely summarized explains how it is not. The media hype is already stated in the text and in the sources. No need to ping me on an article I watch.  SandyGeorgia (Talk)  05:38, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be simpler if you just provided sources which support your opinion.--Light show (talk) 06:14, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevance of the word "publication" 

message: A paragraph in  the G4 virus section may have confusing information:
I'm not sure if any of the editors to this article are experts, but my understanding from the sources given, along with other more general sources, is that the two ways a person will have antibodies to an infection are from "prior infection," as stated by the sources, or from a vaccine. However, the paragraph states that only 3 cases have been documented. Might some be confused by first reading that at least 10% of tested workers in the massive swine industry (with 500 million pigs) likely had a prior infection, but only 3 cases were ever documented? --Light show (talk) 19:41, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Most infections were asymptomatic. Such infections still invoke the production of antibody. Graham Beards (talk) 12:53, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible confusion in data