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Not so. Pandemic is global, and there are various other nuances your simplistic dictionary definition didn't go into.well actually no, you don't. all pandemic means prevalent over a whole country or the world. that's all. so please delete your post. there are no figures tied to the word,. so please use words correctly.Actually, from your post, it's you who doesn't understand what "pandemic" means.You don't even know what pandemic even means. what a shame you misrepresenting what a pandemic is. look it up and then delete your post."Well, we are going to employ these strategies until..."
"If we do all this for [a period of time], then we can get past all these restrictions..."
"Whenever [this] happens, we will know that this pandemic is abating..."
Get it? Everything is, "Do this for now," but there is no end date. That's what is causing the anxiety. I realize that nobody wants to stick his neck out and project an end date to this "social distancing" stuff, but at least they could say that when a certain set of conditions prevail we will be starting to scale back.
I haven't heard that from anyone, even though the factories in Wuhan are starting up again, eh?
As I look at all this stuff - the closings that seem to be an over-reaction - I recall what my mother did when my older brother got the chicken pox: Had us sleep in the same bed so I'd get 'em too (it worked).
No more worries.
And what's missing from this picture?
I'll give you a moment.
It's what happens when a population doesn't isolate a pandemic virus.
Everybody who wants that ^^ .... sneeze on the count of three. And project it so it sails. Don't be selfish, share.
Here's web MD explaining the CDC'S use of the term.
What Is a Pandemic?
sorry dude, paywall. can't see your article. Pandemic merely means affected area. nothing about epidemic. which I believe your link was going to explain but I got the paywall.Not so. Pandemic is global, and there are various other nuances your simplistic dictionary definition didn't go into.well actually no, you don't. all pandemic means prevalent over a whole country or the world. that's all. so please delete your post. there are no figures tied to the word,. so please use words correctly.Actually, from your post, it's you who doesn't understand what "pandemic" means.You don't even know what pandemic even means. what a shame you misrepresenting what a pandemic is. look it up and then delete your post."Well, we are going to employ these strategies until..."
"If we do all this for [a period of time], then we can get past all these restrictions..."
"Whenever [this] happens, we will know that this pandemic is abating..."
Get it? Everything is, "Do this for now," but there is no end date. That's what is causing the anxiety. I realize that nobody wants to stick his neck out and project an end date to this "social distancing" stuff, but at least they could say that when a certain set of conditions prevail we will be starting to scale back.
I haven't heard that from anyone, even though the factories in Wuhan are starting up again, eh?
As I look at all this stuff - the closings that seem to be an over-reaction - I recall what my mother did when my older brother got the chicken pox: Had us sleep in the same bed so I'd get 'em too (it worked).
No more worries.
And what's missing from this picture?
I'll give you a moment.
It's what happens when a population doesn't isolate a pandemic virus.
Everybody who wants that ^^ .... sneeze on the count of three. And project it so it sails. Don't be selfish, share.
Here's web MD explaining the CDC'S use of the term.
What Is a Pandemic?