For reference, WHO's pandemic definition is phase 6 in this chart: https://www.who.int/influenza/resources/documents/pandemic_phase_descriptions_and_actions.pdf

For reference, WHO's pandemic definition is phase 6 in this chart: https://www.who.int/influenza/resources/documents/pandemic_phase_descriptions_and_actions.pdf https://www.who.int/influenza/resources/documents/pandemic_p... that is, sustained community outbreaks in multiple WHO regions. For someone like the WHO, you'll either be criticized for sounding the alarm for no reason or not sounding it fast enough.