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I agree with that, but the WHO isn't the media. The media is reporting their change to 5, I quote "Phase 5 is a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and t

I agree with that, but the WHO isn't the media. The media is reporting their change to 5, I quote "Phase 5 is a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the organization, communication, and implementation of the planned mitigation measures is short."

radu_floricica 18y ago
And by their definition it is a pandemic (I was just about to quote your earlier post to you :) ). It's just that a pandemic is not necessary something with a high fatality rate. After all is said, we would just have a different strain of flu floating around. I'm guessing the lack of a vaccine makes some people nervous in case it mutates and becomes more virulent, but from a practical purpose that's at least two maybe's away from a real problem, with a vaccine which is probably not so far away. So pandemic, maybe. A problem for the average joe? Not even close.