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Originally Posted by StrongInTheArm
The pandemic status is just a term which describes the geographical spread of a disease. It does not mean the disease is any more likely to kill you then it was before, just that you are more likely to get it, because it has spread more widely.
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And for those that are too lazy to do their own research on Pandemic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic
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A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν pan "all" + δῆμος demos "people") is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance a continent, or even worldwide. A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic. Further, flu pandemics exclude seasonal flu. Throughout history there have been a number of pandemics, such as smallpox and tuberculosis. More recent pandemics include the HIV pandemic and the 2009 flu pandemic.
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