In the midst of a pandemic
Studied endemic, epidemic and pandemic in Social and Preventive Medicine in final junior year in Medical College. Epidemic is an infectious disease, occuring in a community,at a particular time. Endemic is a disease, regularly found in an area. Pandemic is a disease epidemic that spreads worldwide! In the past, in Plague pandemic (bacterial) about 12 million people lost their lives - from 1896 to 1939. In Influenza or Spanish flu pandemic (viral) about 17 million people lost their lives in India (1918) . Now Coronavirus Disease, COVID-19 is challenging the world. When the corona epidemic started in Wuhan, China, it was not expected to become pandemic. But, now the world is panic stricken. ...