>"I mean, I’m just pointing out that it doesn’t match the definition of a pandemic or epidemic from Wikipedia unless you restrict the population in question to

>"I mean, I’m just pointing out that it doesn’t match the definition of a pandemic or epidemic from Wikipedia unless you restrict the population in question to male homosexuals or sub-Saharan" Since wikipedia seems to be the only bar for your argument. Here's two wikipedia entries where it's clearly stated they are both epidemic and pandemic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_HIV/AIDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_HIV/AIDS And of course more authoritative sources such as the CDC and WHO have also classified HIV/AIDS as both pandemic and epidemic: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/3/17-1797_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/3/17-1797_article https://www.who.int/global_health_histories/seminars/presentation08.pdf https://www.who.int/global_health_histories/seminars/present...