Pandemic
epidemic of infectious disease that has spread across a large region with global health impact
A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν, pan, "all" and δῆμος, demos, "people") is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people.
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- [A] pandemic thrives on human inequities and it is inextricable from the society, economy, knowledge, and politics of human existence.
- Surya Gupta and Armin Rosencranz, COVID-19, the Government’s Response, and India’s Sustainable Development Goals (May 22, 2020), edited by Tim Zubizarreta, JURIST
