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What Is The Criterea For A Pandemic?
What exactly is the criterea for deciding whether a disease qualifies as a pandemic?
My local rag reports
//Worldwide there have now been more than 182,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation//
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It further goes on to say
//There have been almost 80,000 recoveries and more than 7,000 deaths//
7000 deaths out of a worldwide population of 7 billion doesnt seem much in the great scheme of things while other diseases kill many more people.
Genuinely curious as to why this outbreak is causing so much panic.
My local rag reports
//Worldwide there have now been more than 182,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation//
https:/
It further goes on to say
//There have been almost 80,000 recoveries and more than 7,000 deaths//
7000 deaths out of a worldwide population of 7 billion doesnt seem much in the great scheme of things while other diseases kill many more people.
Genuinely curious as to why this outbreak is causing so much panic.
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A pandemic is a state where a virulent virus spreads worldwide very quickly, and uncontrolled.
Seasonal flu could also be described as pandemic, but because we can prepare for it with vaccinations, and is expected and we can plan for it, means it does not strike the same fear in us.
Because Coronavirus is new, our bodies have no antibodies to it to lessen an infection. So death rates per infection are proportionally higher than seasonal flu (but very low in final fatalities).
Seasonal flu could also be described as pandemic, but because we can prepare for it with vaccinations, and is expected and we can plan for it, means it does not strike the same fear in us.
Because Coronavirus is new, our bodies have no antibodies to it to lessen an infection. So death rates per infection are proportionally higher than seasonal flu (but very low in final fatalities).
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