The Swine Flu of 2009 was a complete non-event for me. When in my shop or driving, I listened to NPR and whatever they said about the swine flu had no impact on me, I don't even remember the swine flu.
The years 2009-10 I was traveling a lot, from the East coast to the West coast, I participated in at least a dozen blacksmith events, personally interacted with thousands of people. Never a word about the swine flu. At one point, I spent 8 weeks at a large craft school, we ate buffet style and yet in the middle of a declared pandemic, no signs reminding us to wash our hands and no cleaning stations at the entrance to the dining hall. Quite the contrast between then and today.