Why is SARS 2002 considered an EPIDEMIC and not a PANDEMIC like COVID-19?

Given that SARS spread all over the world just like COVID-19. See the below quote from the WHO. Strange.

"An epidemic of SARS affected 26 countries and resulted in more than 8000 cases in 2003." https://www.who.int/ith/diseases/sars/en/

Also from the WIkipedia page:

"The 2002–2004 SARS outbreak was an epidemic..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–2004_SARS_outbreak

 

So it's only ever a pandemic if it reaches the west?

 

https://www.dictionary.com/e/epidemic-vs-pandemic/

Basically, SARS didn't reach every country in the world, like COVID-19 has.

 

The definition doesn't say that it needs to reach all countries.

 

go look up definition of pandemic.

 

Covid 19 classification as a "pandemic" was based on grossly inaccurate models and predictions, also political motivations due to TDS/MSM. Even if it meets the technical definition, it would almost certainly not have been labeled as such in the Obama Administration.

 

I did, using your own source. No mention of the west.

 

What does the labelling have to do with the US? They're not responsible for declaring pandemics. That's the WHO which does that. They labelled SARS-CoV2 2019 a 'pandemic', not the US. Also, Trump is in charge of the government, so who in the government would it be that has Trump Derangement Syndrome that you think did the labelling?

 

1. The Media did the labeling. 2. Trump is not "in charge" of the government. Please look up U.S. government if you want to learn more.

 

So if two people in two different countries are infected, that is pandemic to you?

 

Suggest you do a internet search for the definitions.

Why don't you do that?

 

Incorrect. Find a media source which labels it a pandemic before the WHO's declaration.

Well, he's at the highest level.

 

No. The problem is that the definitions are very vague, not giving exact numbers, but I would've assumed that there had to at least be an outbreak in multiple continents in order to be called a pandemic - whatever defines "outbreak."

 

Ok, there is one case in Israel, and another case in Egypt. Pandemic?

 

http://www.politicalforum.com/index...andemic-like-covid-19.572016/#post-1071655240

 

The problem is that the definitions are very vague, not giving exact numbers - meaning that I will be unable to participate in your silly numbers game.

 

So your definition of a pandemic is vague and doesn't work in real life. Maybe a pandemic is like porn. Its hard to precisely define but you know it when you see it. Covid is infecting millions of people worldwide so it is definitely a pandemic. Sars only infected 8,000 people, so its not just like the 2 people infect is not.

 

MY definition? I don't have my own definition!

Yeah. I'm certainly not questioning why COVID is a called a pandemic.

The definition doesn't mention how many people need to be infected before it's a pandemic.

 

28/what like 200+ countries? COVID-19 has spread to almost every if not every country in the world.

 

Obviously the WHO isn't going to assign a number to how many people need to be infected to be a pandemic. Should we then interpret that to mean that someone in Israel and one in Egypt infected are a pandemic? Don't you think the number infected matter just a little?

 

The WHO can declare whatever they like, it does not necessarily make it so.

 

What is the higher global authority if not WHO?

 

Yeah, which is why I said this earlier: "I would've assumed that there had to be an outbreak in multiple continents in order to be called a pandemic - whatever defines "outbreaks.""

 

National governments, if we can keep it that way.

Hopefully ones that aren't tyrannical, though prospects of that are looking less promising at this point.

 

Epidemic is within a country/region.
Pandemic is when it spreads across the globe.

HIV is a pandemic.

When something is declared a pandemic, it means it's spreading across the world going global.

People might have died of SARS around the world, but they traveled to South Asia and picked it up out there.
Like Ebola in Africa, people were treated with that in Europe/North America etc; but that's because they traveled to Africa and caught it; Pandemic is different, it's when the virus itself spreads across the globe.