Endemic diseases are defined as diseases with relatively stable case numbers confined to a localized area. This obviously doesn't apply: COVID is not confined t

Endemic diseases are defined as diseases with relatively stable case numbers confined to a localized area. This obviously doesn't apply: COVID is not confined to a localized area. Per the WHO[1] and the CDC[2] COVID is still a pandemic. [1]: https://www.who.int/news/item/30-01-2023-statement-on-the-fourteenth-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-pandemic https://www.who.int/news/item/30-01-2023-statement-on-the-fo... [2] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/end-of-phe.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/end-of...