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by ylhert 2286 days ago
Does anyone know how many times the WHO has declared Pandemics in its history?
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juanuys 2286 days ago
The last was H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak, which killed hundreds of thousands of people. It was declared a pandemic by the WHO in 2009.
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Angostura 2286 days ago
And they got a right old bludgeoning because it triggered a number of costly 'delay' - as opposed to 'containment' processes in various countries which angered some people as unnecessary.
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sniglom 2286 days ago
As I understand it WHO changed the definition of what a pandemic is in ~2009. So take comparisons to earlier pandemics with a grain of salt.
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