what does receding pandemics mean
A pandemic (from Greek Ïá¾¶Î½ pan all and Î´á¿Î¼Î¿Ï demos people) is an epidemic of infectious disease that has spread through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide. An H3N2 caused about 34,000 deaths in the United States. 2  This virus was first detected in Hong Kong in early 1968, and spread to the United States later that year. 3  This pandemic of 1968 and 1969 killed approximately one million people worldwide.