President Obama declared H1N1 a public health emergency before anyone in the United States died

Our ruling

The headline of an article shared on Facebook claimed: "Obama waited six months to call swine flu an emergency after thousands died."

In October 2009, after more than 1,000 people in the United States had died of swine flu, also known as H1N1, Obama declared a national emergency.

But six months earlier, his administration declared H1N1 a public health emergency. At that point, no deaths in the United States had occurred.

We rate the statement False

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