Swine flu pandemic not yet over, public health experts warn

Nonetheless, the nature of the pandemic has created a load of skeptics, Sandman said.

“We came into the pandemic with a very high expectation of deadliness. We are going to come into the next pandemic with a very low expectation of deadliness,” Sandman said.

“And the next pandemic could be next week. Whatever it is, it is going to be incredibly hard to get people to take it seriously,” he added.