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minus-squareentwine413@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 hours agoPandemics don’t have to be global. It’s just over a large area.
minus-squareowsei@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoWHO defines it as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries…”
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agousually the definition of pandemic at least says it has to be multiple continents
minus-squareentwine413@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoIt usually doesn’t say it has to be, it just uses multiple continents as an example of a large geographic area. Of course, there are multiple different definitions out there. Regardless, it’s silly to assume the virus would stay in the US.
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoI’m actually pretty sure it doesn’t say it has to be
Pandemics don’t have to be global. It’s just over a large area.
WHO defines it as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries…”
usually the definition of pandemic at least says it has to be multiple continents
It usually doesn’t say it has to be, it just uses multiple continents as an example of a large geographic area. Of course, there are multiple different definitions out there.
Regardless, it’s silly to assume the virus would stay in the US.
I’m actually pretty sure it doesn’t say it has to be