It missed us by 9 days

Solars storms do affect people due to disruption of the geomagnetic field
.this suppresses pineal secretion of melatonin. One very obvious result of this is the fact that influenza pandemics almost always occur at solar max. Melatonin orchestrates the immune system and loss.of.immunity allows subclinical viral infection to emerge. In addition schizophrenic and depressive disorders increase shortly after a solar storm.