Originally Posted by Paul

That really depends on what you are actually asking.

You have Cases & Outbreaks, and if they become large enough within a country, its becomes an Epidemic. A Pandemic is an Epidemic that speads across multiple countries.

Since covid is still affecting pretty much every country, then the 'Pandemic' is obviously not over, and wont be for a long time.

Of course 'large' is ambiguous - in England its currently just over 20,000 per day, which sounds a lot, but is a very small amount of the total population (about 0.04% ish).

Most of those cases are minor, not requiring any hospital treatment (96%).
Its no longer a major issue in England, which is why most restrictions have gone away.

Life around here has largely returned to normal.

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A side effect of many illnesses can include death, such a statement is just dramatic nonsense.