14-09-2021, 10:15
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Coronavirus
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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.
---------- Post added at 04:30 ---------- Previous post was at 04:29 ----------
A side effect of many illnesses can include death, such a statement is just dramatic nonsense.
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It was in the context of the statement that catching the disease gave (allegedly) better protection than inoculation - I was pointing out one of the downsides of that approach.
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