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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a pandemic can start when three conditions have been met:[1]

Emergence of a disease new to a population.
Agents infect humans, causing serious illness.
Agents spread easily and sustainably among humans.
A disease or condition is not a pandemic merely because it is widespread or kills many people; it must also be infectious. For instance, cancer is responsible for many deaths but is not considered a pandemic, because the disease is not infectious or contagious.
mirage
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Originally posted by mirageuk:
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a pandemic can start when three conditions have been met:[1]

Emergence of a disease new to a population.
Agents infect humans, causing serious illness.
Agents spread easily and sustainably among humans.
A disease or condition is not a pandemic merely because it is widespread or kills many people; it must also be infectious. For instance, cancer is responsible for many deaths but is not considered a pandemic, because the disease is not infectious or contagious.
Wasn't there also something about the number of countries it affected?
R
there are lots of conspiracies doing the rounds - like YES, this is a lab-made phenomena that is part pig and part bird flu to control the population etc etc. The government has been harping on for a few years about a so called flu pandemic. Maybe this IS or maybe this ISNT one.

I for one dont give a toss - but I DO love a bit of scaremongering (nod nod) Big Grin
BS

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