Del, don’t forget that the definition of pandemic was changed after the false bird flu scare of around 2009-2010. Wodarg was instrumental in stopping that nonsense but in order to use the word “pandemic” in their next try the idea of a threshold of virulence was de-emphasised and international spread was given priority. This makes the flu a pandemic every year. We should not use this word to support the concept of ““`widespread’ but rather use it to indicate number of people dying.