Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Epidemic, endemic or pandemic?

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Epidemic, endemic or pandemic?

An epidemic occurs when an outbreak of disease is widespread but confined to a limited place and time.

An endemic disease is one which recurs in a particular place or population.

A pandemic is an outbreak of a specific pathogen over a wide geographical area.

So, an epidemic might afflict a specific hospital, or even a town or region of a country.

Malaria is endemic in many African countries.

The notorious 1918 outbreak of Spanish Flu was a pandemic that caused multiple deaths in many regions of the world.

22 July 1991 – PM John Major launched The Citizen’s Charter. Is Cameron’s Big Society a development of this idea? 

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Chapter 45 is about to go under the knife. But I've spent much of the day doing other things. Bad news from Australia has meant some personal trauma and some time spent in speaking to unhappy relatives there. Also, step-mother is still in hospital and there were call regarding that as well.
I'm currently reading Carole Blake's From Pitch to Publication, which seems a good book so far, though it might be a little out of date in certain ways, as it was published in 1999. Used to be a factual book could stay up to date for years. These days, they can be old fashioned almost before they've populated the shelves of the local book store. But, in reality, is so much changing, or is it simply being presented in different ways? And, if there is so much change, is it all for the better? I think not.
I digress.
Tomorrow I must place a review of Penny Grubb's Like False Money on here, as her new book, The Doll Makers, is now out. Haven't read it yet, but intend to review it when I have, as I enjoyed her first one so much.