“The swine flu of 2009 was no fun, as my husband can attest, but it resulted in only 273,304 hospitalizations and 12,469 deaths in the United States. The Wuhan virus hospitalizations and deaths have eclipsed those numbers many times over.”

American conservative author, columnist, and political commentator

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is an American conservative author, columnist, and political commentator. She is best known for her work in political commentary and for her role as editor in chief of The Federalist, along with her contributions to Fox News. Her writing and commentary focus on contemporary politics and public debate. She appears across print and television as a conservative voice, and her work is closely associated with analysis of current events and political affairs.