> In epidemiology, an infection is said to be endemic in a population when that infection is constantly maintained at a baseline level in a geographic area with

> In epidemiology, an infection is said to be endemic in a population when that infection is constantly maintained at a baseline level in a geographic area without external inputs. > A widespread endemic disease with a stable number of infected individuals is not a pandemic. The cold and flu are "stable" albeit seasonal. While we might expect that outcome for variations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, we're not there yet. A rapidly exploding number of infections is not a stable number of infected individuals. At any rate, some people getting vaccinated and choosing to live as if the infections do not exist does not "end the pandemic."