Is Ebola in DRC an "outbreak" or an "epidemic" or does the distinction not matter? We've been having a backroom debate at Science.
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Als antwoord op @KindrachukJason @sciencecohen
hahaha. I've already weighed in.
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Can’t it be both?
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Indeed! As I read this from Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition, it can. Jon reads this differently than I do.pic.twitter.com/OhiBlhBp0e
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Als antwoord op @HelenBranswell @onisillos en
Just heard from a subeditor who noted
@HelenBranswell definition about outbreaks being more localized, and added that@WHO uses 'outbreak' because they perceive it as less likely to cause panic than epidemic.4 antwoorden 1 retweet 4 vind-ik-leuks -
Als antwoord op @amymaxmen @HelenBranswell en
Was just reading this on their website as well and in a doc from the Harvard Global Health Institute
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Als antwoord op @KindrachukJason @amymaxmen en
Since this is still very localized transmission, I’d say it’s (still) an outbreak, not an epidemic. West Africa had an epidemic as there was widespread transmission across multiple countries.
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Als antwoord op @K_G_Andersen @KindrachukJason en
So there has only ever been one Ebola epidemic by that logic then?
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Yup. (And just to be clear - all based on personal opinion, as no firm definitions exist (that I know of). I also don’t call a single Ebola case an outbreak, although that’s commonly done).
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