Coronavirus Pandemic

Look at the definition and tell me if it fits....
pan·dem·ic
/panˈdemik/
adjective
adjective: pandemic

1. (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.

We see it is spreading faster than anyone thought as now Iran has become another center of coronavirus.....

"Religious pilgrims, migrant workers, businessmen, soldiers and clerics all flow constantly across Iran’s frontiers, often crossing into countries with few border controls, weak and ineffective governments and fragile health systems.

Now, as it struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Iran is also emerging as the second focal point after China for the spread of the disease. Cases in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates — even one in Canada — have all been traced to Iran, sending tremors of fear rippling out from Kabul to Beirut."... ‘Recipe for a Massive Viral Outbreak’: Iran Emerges as a Worldwide Threat

"Coronavirus Live Updates: Spanish Hotel Locked Down Amid Outbreak Fears
An Italian doctor staying at a resort in the Canary Islands has tested positive for the virus. New outbreaks in Europe, Asia and the Middle East are renewing fears of a coming global pandemic.

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Iraqi lawmakers demand the country’s border with Iran be sealed after three more coronavirus deaths in Iran."... Coronavirus Live Updates: Spanish Hotel Locked Down Amid Outbreak Fears

"Coronavirus live updates: WHO warns countries the virus will be ‘literally knocking at the door’

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned countries around the world must be ready for the fast-spreading coronavirus to be “literally knocking at the door.”

Speaking in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier reportedly said that while many countries had so-called “pandemic plans” on standby, the United Nations health agency does not plan to make a “big announcement.”

It comes amid intensifying concern about the coronavirus outbreak, with the deadly virus spreading to more than two dozen countries in recent weeks."...Coronavirus live updates: Iran's deputy health minister reportedly tests positive for virus

 

Looks like its coming in....
" Can a coronavirus pandemic be stopped? Boom of global cases indicates 'horse is out of the barn.
...Although the World Health Organization as recently as Monday determined that the term pandemic "did not fit the facts," some experts say it very soon could.

Dennis Carroll, director of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Global Health Security and Development Unit, credited China's "extraordinary control measures" with delaying the spread of the virus. But he said avoiding a pandemic is "very unlikely."

"The dramatic uptick of cases in South Korea, Iran and Italy are reflective of a self- sustaining spreading of the virus," Carroll told USA TODAY. "And a clear message the the horse is out of the barn."

Melissa Nolan, a medical doctor and professor of epidemiology at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, also cited the new clusters in Iran, now facing at least 61 cases and 15 deaths, and Italy, with 270 cases.

"If we continue to see focalized local transmission in areas outside of China, the WHO will need to reconvene," Nolan told USA TODAY on Tuesday. "We are very close to seeing this virus becoming a pandemic."

Nolan said responses to the outbreaks in Iran and Italy could help health officials in other countries prepare their own medical and quarantine policies ahead of an outbreak. That is crucial, says Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, who says the world is on the "cusp" of pandemic."
Coronavirus pandemic: Can outbreak still be stopped? WHO urges caution

 

Wow.."So it’s striking when one of the points he wanted to get exactly right was this: “I think the likely outcome is that it will ultimately not be containable.” Not good...

 

The "no atheists in foxholes" is apropos and that people will believe in and put their faith in a higher power, we shall see.

 

It looks like its causing a shock wave as people realize the severity of this...
"CDC outlines pandemic planning, as fears send stocks plunging for second day..
Dow loses more than 800 points as stocks plunge for a second day
The stock rout continued as diving bond yields raised more concern that the global economy is slowing significantly because of the spreading coronavirus. The 10-year Treasury yield hit a record low as the Dow Jones Industrial Average added to Monday’s 1,000-point drop. Comments from health officials warning of a possible outbreak in the U.S. also spooked investors, causing a turnaround in stocks which had opened the day higher. The Dow dropped 879.44 points, or 3.1%, to 27,081.36 after being up more than 180 points at one point shortly after the open. The S&P 500 slid 3% to 3,128.21 while the Nasdaq Composite fell 2.8% to 8,965.61. Monday’s session was the market’s worst in two years. The S&P 500 posted back-to-back declines of at least 3% for the first time since November 2008 during the financial crisis, according to Bespoke Investment Group."
..https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/coronavirus-latest-updates.html