0 Question: Can you please explain what an epidemic is Keywords: epidemic Asked by 545epdj32 to Beccy on 13 Jun 2017.
Rebecca Corkill answered on 13 Jun 2017:
Epidemic: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
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christldonnelly commented on 13 Jun 2017:
An extreme epidemic – one that spreads around the world is called a ‘pandemic’. There was an influenza pandemic in 2009. Probably one in three of us got infected with that year’s influenza virus strain.
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545epdj32 commented on 14 Jun 2017:
Thank you
smiley_face!!!! commented on 14 Jun 2017:
for example the black death or the Spanish flu
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christldonnelly commented on :
An extreme epidemic – one that spreads around the world is called a ‘pandemic’. There was an influenza pandemic in 2009. Probably one in three of us got infected with that year’s influenza virus strain.
545epdj32 commented on :
Thank you
smiley_face!!!! commented on :
for example the black death or the Spanish flu