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True, but the term pandemic comes with added emotional baggage. Most people associate the term with the black plague rather than the flu (which has also been a
by Proziam 7y ago
True, but the term pandemic comes with added emotional baggage. Most people associate the term with the black plague rather than the flu (which has also been a pandemic several times).
- Spellman 7y agoCorrect. And generally the seasonal flu is exempted. The best comparisons would be to the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic of H1N1 pandemic in 2009. Especially H1N1 seems a particularly apt comparison point, even though it had a dramatically lower mortality rate.