>> I don't recall a minute by minute update that a new person got the swine flu back then or was I just to busy to notice?
I don’t know how old you are now, it could be because you were too busy back then during aftermath of financial crisis or you simply don’t remember what it was like back then. Social media wasn’t as advanced back then as today. I still remember news back then constantly showing how kids were dying because younger people were affected by swine flu more than older people opposite of covid-19.
Here is CDC archive on swine flu for the period of Apr 2009 - Apr 2010 written back in 2010 thus not revision of history, showing pretty much similar to what it is happening today, to refresh your memory.