I didn't say local area. A pandemic is an epidemic in multiple countries. So when I say "local epidemic" I mean the epidemic in their country. I expect that so

I didn't say local area. A pandemic is an epidemic in multiple countries. So when I say "local epidemic" I mean the epidemic in their country. I expect that some countries will reach herd immunity and have no major outbreaks anymore while there are still outbreaks across other parts of the world.