Epidemic / Pandemic / Endemic. I looked it up.
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I don't see how autumn wave 4 spreading thru kids in multi-regions N Amer & Eur AND poorly vaxxed regions rest of globe will be "Endemic".
Way too early to call this.
publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-…
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I don't see how autumn wave 4 spreading thru kids in multi-regions N Amer & Eur AND poorly vaxxed regions rest of globe will be "Endemic".
Way too early to call this.
publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-…
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EPIDEMIC: unexpected increase in number of disease cases in a specific geographical area.
Notably, an epidemic disease doesn't necessarily have to be contagious. For example, West Nile fever and the rapid increase in obesity rates are also considered epidemics
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Notably, an epidemic disease doesn't necessarily have to be contagious. For example, West Nile fever and the rapid increase in obesity rates are also considered epidemics
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.@WHO declares PANDEMIC when disease’s growth is exponential. Each day cases grow more than day prior.
Has nothing to do with virology, population immunity, or disease severity. It means a virus covers a wide area, affecting several countries and populations.
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Has nothing to do with virology, population immunity, or disease severity. It means a virus covers a wide area, affecting several countries and populations.
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An ENDEMIC is a disease outbreak that is consistently present but limited to a particular region. This makes the disease spread and rates predictable.
Malaria, for example, is considered an endemic in certain countries and regions.
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Malaria, for example, is considered an endemic in certain countries and regions.
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