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originally posted by: network dude
This is not a pandemic of the unvaccinated. it's just a pandemic.
Pandemic: An epidemic (a sudden outbreak) that becomes very widespread and affects a whole region, a continent, or the world due to a susceptible population. By definition, a true pandemic causes a high degree of mortality (death)
By contrast:
An epidemic affects more than the expected number of cases of disease occurring in a community or region during a given period of time. A sudden severe outbreak within a region or a group as, for example, AIDS in Africa or AIDS in intravenous drug users.
An endemic is present in a community at all times but in low frequency. An endemic is continuous as in the case of malaria in some areas of the world or as with illicit drugs in some neighborhoods.
The CDC's definition of a flu epidemic relates to the percentage of deaths in a given week caused by influenza and pneumonia. The "epidemic threshold" is a certain percentage above what is considered normal for that period. The normal level, or baseline, is statistically determined based on data from past flu seasons.
Pandemics are large-scale outbreaks of infectious disease that can greatly increase morbidity and mortality over a wide geographic area and cause significant economic, social, and political disruption.
originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: ketsuko
What this whole thing has done to normally sane people is damn scary.
Both sides have a lunatic fringe.
Believe what you want to believe, but keep it to yourself.
IMHO.
It's one thing to debate on an anonymous forum, it's another for people to tell you to your face you're going to die, you are a menace, etc etc etc.
originally posted by: xuenchen
They just keep telling people the vax will lessen the impacts when you catch TheRONA !!!!
But there's no proof of that bulls#t either is there 🤣🤣🤣🤣
originally posted by: interupt42
a reply to: network dude
You don't get it man.
Sure they lied to you when
1. They said you shouldn't wear a mask and they do nothing.
2. Sure they back peddled on wearing a mask and told you multiple mask is even better.
3. They told you the vaccine will prevent you from getting covid.
4. Sure they back peddled and said it wont prevent you from getting covid, but it will make dealing with the symptoms better.
5. Sure you will have less severe symptoms but for that to work you need to force your neighbor to get vaccinated.
6. Look dont get it if you have an allergic reaction to the first shot.
7. Oh wait its better for you if you do have an allergic reaction to get the second shot.
8. OK here is the truth, the covid vaccine cures everything and makes you immortal. Trust us ,we mean it this time
www.cnn.com...
originally posted by: HawkeyeNation
originally posted by: xuenchen
They just keep telling people the vax will lessen the impacts when you catch TheRONA !!!!
But there's no proof of that bulls#t either is there 🤣🤣🤣🤣
There have been plenty of trials to show that it works, especially for those with an already compromised immune system. There is a reason why the mass majority of folks in ICU and general hospitalizations for Covid are unvaxxed as well. What other proof are you looking for here?