And to top it off, it turned out that this whole national mobilization was for naught: No outbreak of swine flu ensued! Some 33 years later, there has likewise been alarm about H1N1 and calls to get everyone inoculated.
更烏龍的是，最後這個全國總動員的事件竟是虛驚一場，豬流感根本沒現身！事後，有三千多名無法判斷因果、在注射疫苗「兩年內」出現四肢無力、神經受損症狀的美國民眾，集體向美國政府求償，若全數賠償，估計金額將超過 35 億美金。