death map not used.
 

Fox News spent $67,000 for a death counter to be used to tally the deaths from the swine flu. The 4'x6' map divided by state had the counter field at set for 4 digits assuring
at least a 9999 deaths per state without reprogramming.

There was only 16 documented deaths in total.

easy to say now, but I knew the hype would be waaaayy over the reality

Here's another angle.

How about the possibility that the swine flu was properly contained because of the publicity by and quick thinking of the WHO?