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Tracking the next pandemic: Avian Flu Talk

Pandemic To Endemic?
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    Posted: October 22 2021 at 10:14pm

Thanks, a good find.

What struck me was the quote in the article

Quote Because pandemics don’t end by a disease just fading away, & pandemics don’t end with everyone able to completely forget about the disease.

Pandemics end when we decide how much death and disease we’re satisfied with.

it seems that many politicians will accept a much higher figure than I would accept.  
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That's not strictly true about pandemics.  Spanish flu disappeared after three years.  Likely because it mutated into something that wasn't as infectious and deadly.  

But I don't believe Covid is going to do that.  I've read that we've already surpassed deaths with Covid than we had in the U.S. from Spanish Flu.   I'm deeply concerned about this AY variant and have decided not to travel down to my sister's for Christmas.  Although my brother is making noises about picking me up for Thanksgiving at my niece's to celebrate her new house.  
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Thanks for the article it was very interesting!
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004067/
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