CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -All information on the COVID-19 outbreak.

Detailed explanation-2: -A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease. Viral respiratory diseases, such as those caused by a new influenza virus or the coronavirus COVID-19, are the most likely to turn into a pandemic. A pandemic is not the same as an epidemic.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish Flu The CDC estimates that about 500 million people (or one-third of the world’s population) became infected with the virus. It ultimately caused at least 50 million deaths worldwide with about 675, 000 deaths happening in the U.S. The 1918 flu was especially virulent, per the CDC.

Detailed explanation-4: -Though an endemic is a constant presence in a community, it differs from a pandemic because the virus is somewhat contained and not spreading out of control and not stressing the health care infrastructure, therefore we can more easily prevent and treat it.