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Pandemic has a definition, and a disease that seems to be being detected and contained doesn't meet it. This one is at the tipping point. The situations in Ita
by JulianMorrison 7y ago
Pandemic has a definition, and a disease that seems to be being detected and contained doesn't meet it.
This one is at the tipping point. The situations in Italy and in Iran are potentially run-away if they can't draw a boundary around all the infections including the original spreader.
- RegnisGnaw 7y agoThere is no definition of a Pandemic. Even the WHO states they don't have it. I quote the article: The World Health Organization no longer uses the classification pandemic, but the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak remains an international emergency that is likely to spread further, a spokesman said on Monday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-says-no-longer-uses-pandemic-category-but-virus-still-emergency-idUSKCN20I0N8 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-says...