I saw a post the other day claiming (I thought) WHO has not handled this virus the same as Swine Flu, SARS, etc. in terms of how it classifies pandemics. Can someone clarify or explain more? Does it relate to the rate of spread? Number of deaths?
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Under "More Information on Past Pandemics", there are 4 tiles that you can click on to get info, but basically, the threshold for declaring a pandemic seems to get a little lower every time it's declared. Not really a bad thing. Frees up funds and draws attention. But this still isn't the extinction level event MSM and the left is making it out to be. It's really not much of an event at all, so far.
NOSPEZHERE: Might be a good idea to include the link, huh? https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/basics/past-pandemics.html
Thanks! I’ll check out the link.
Pandemics just mean that the virus is global and has community spread, meaning new cases are being transmitted from within your community instead of from like a traveler or something.
It’s a judgment call for the most part, because I’m not sure how much critical mass has to occur before it officially becomes a pandemic.
So as I under stand it, a Pandemic is simply an epidemic across multiple continents. And an epidemic is defined by speed of spreading rather than amount of deaths. From Wiki, epidemic “Is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time. For example, in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic.“
That said, I’m not certain that there is a fixed rate of spread to declare something an epidemic, so it is possible for them to declare this a Pandemic more quickly than they have in the past since “rapid spread” and “large number of people” seem to be slightly subjective.