Understand โPandemicโ Through Etymology
Whatโs a ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ? Why is #COVID19 called a #pandemic? Why does this remind me of #government, #statistics, & #PublicSpeaking?
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#1. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ
The word โPandemicโ comes from the Greek parts ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป (โallโ), ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ (โpeopleโ), & -๐ถ๐ฐ (โofโ, or โrelated toโ). A ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ, therefore, is something (said mostly of diseases) that is ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
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#2. ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐?
Unclear. The earliest meaning of a pandemic was not in reference to a disease-category, but in the sense of “pertaining to all people; public, commonโ.
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#3. ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ?
The term “a pandemic diseaseโ was first used in print in 1853.
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#4. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ?
An epidemic is smaller in scale than a ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ which is an epidemic that has spread across a large region, affecting a substantial number of people.
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#5. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐? When you think ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ you should be reminded of:
A. ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ โ because democracy also comes from โdemโ (people)
B. ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ โ because statistical data about people is called demographics
C. ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด โ because of Demosthenes, whose name means “vigour of the peopleโ. #Demosthenes, anย iconic orator, is best known for his speeches (the 4 Phillipics) against King Philip II of Macedon (the father of Alexander the Great).
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