• Tryptaminev@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    pandemic != endemic.

    Polio and smallpox were endemic. They were pretty bad, but as slowly evolving diseases once we got the vaccines down, we got them under control. Pandemics are new diseases w.o. efficient resistance / medical treatments or prevention