What are pandemics?
A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. It differs from an outbreak or epidemic because it:
- affects a wider geographical area, often worldwide.
- infects a greater number of people than an epidemic.
- is often caused by a new virus or a strain of virus that has not circulated among people for a long time. Humans usually have little to no immunity against it. The virus spreads quickly from person-to-person worldwide.
- causes much higher numbers of deaths than epidemics.
- often creates social disruption, economic loss, and general hardship.
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