Thank you for giving me an objective metric, but I don't think the objective standard follows from your first sentence: most people consider the pandemic over in their local area.
I didn't say local area. A pandemic is an epidemic in multiple countries. So when I say "local epidemic" I mean the epidemic in their country.
I expect that some countries will reach herd immunity and have no major outbreaks anymore while there are still outbreaks across other parts of the world.
I expect that some countries will reach herd immunity and have no major outbreaks anymore while there are still outbreaks across other parts of the world.