Flu mostly kills older folks, H1N1 struck a younger band - recent analysis of the data indicates H1N1 killed as many as ten times more previously believed. 12,000 US deaths was the CDC estimate.
https://www.livescience.com/41539-2009-swine-flu-death-toll-higher.html
https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/qa/how-many-deaths-were-caused-by-swine-flu-in-the-us
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/12/limbaugh_remember_the_swine_flu_panic_60_million_americans_infected_300000_hospitalized.html
