Pandemic

[Sherwick]

Got to admit that I don't really remember hearing the word 'pandemic' being used before!

I know the word 'epidemic' but 'pandemic' sounds a lot worse.

I need to get out more (though probably not on East Dulwich Grove).

[candj]

Pandemic is a geographical reference, not an indicator of severity of whatever it's referring to. It is an epidemic spread over a broad area. Hope that helps.

[Sherwick]

ta. i'd never heard of it before the latest SF thing though.

[sophiesofa]

i didn't know the difference until now

[charliecharlie]

I read in the papers that the word Pandemic is used when a disease is speading in more than one country...

pretty common really, and not something that normally sends us all into a spin....

Flu spreads all over the world every winter, and thousands die in the UK alone every year because of contracting the flu, so nothing new

(except the press don't always hype it up like this to take our minds off other things.. economy, world recession etc.)

I suggest you ignore the press for a while and wash you hands a bit more!!!

http://paulvieira.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/4c225ec4fbab7f4cbb8409616565dc3b-orig.jpg

edited cos 'excep't came out as 'expect' the first time!!!

[KalamityKel]

But don't be too clean. It's not that good for you ;-)

[charliecharlie]

don't worry Kel, we won't be washing our hands between each backgammon move tonight, but we will be missing you

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[red devil]

calling all backgammon(ites?), ply Chazzy with copious amounts of alcohol and find out which designer's 'etchings' she went to see...

[charliecharlie]

cheeky bit of cross-fertilisation going on here red devil...

I'm talking about threads of course! watch out Admin might snark us...

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