What’s the difference between a pandemic, an epidemic, endemic, and an outbreak?

What’s the difference between a pandemic, an epidemic, endemic, and an outbreak?

Dr MUMTHAS YAHIYA

30/05/2020 2:32PM

Episode Synopsis "What’s the difference between a pandemic, an epidemic, endemic, and an outbreak?"

Not all infectious disease terms are created equal, though often they’re mistakenly used interchangeably. The distinction between the words “pandemic,” “epidemic,” and “endemic” is regularly blurred, even by medical experts. This is because the definition of each term is fluid and changes as diseases become more or less prevalent over time.

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