50 “Hospitals are overwhelmed” (twitter.com) posted 1 year ago by Ahaus667 1 year ago by Ahaus667 +50 / -0 24 comments share 24 comments share save hide report block hide replies
By that same argument the common cold is the longest running pandemic in human history
Kind of. Once a pandemic becomes recurrent enough that it's just part of life, it's "endemic". Technically yes, the cold is a pandemic we've just gotten used to.
Still a pandemic as it mutates regularly, which is the standard the CDC is using to continue to force mandates on hospitals with Covid.
The flu mutates regularly and is still considered an endemic.