• siperjff@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    The “good” thing about it killing rapidly is there is less chance of it spreading. So I would not expect another global pandemic from it.

    Although the bad thing is still that if you do get it, your chances of survival aren’t good…

    • Zron@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      God, I hope it doesn’t spread, because then people will keep saying global pandemic.

      Pandemic already means global.

      It’s like saying Mariachi Band, or ATM Machine.

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        17 days ago

        (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants

        “An area” could be a country, a Canadian pandemic is possible just as a global pandemic is.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I remember not that long ago hearing about a spread of a new disease spreading across a nation. I said "Ah, it’s fine. It’ll be contained, and nobody will even remember it…

    8 months later the world was shut down.