The phrase
"potential pandemic" means that there is a possibility that a widespread disease may occur and affect many people in multiple areas or countries.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«potential»
«pandemic»
Sentences with «potential pandemic»
- The scientists and policy makers involved in the White House's deliberative process must carefully consider the risks and benefits of potential pandemic pathogens. (scientificamerican.com)
- This refers to the early detection of potential pandemics at a stage when we might still be able to localize them, before they have had the opportunity to infect a high percentage of the local population and thereby spread around the world, as happened with HIV. (discovermagazine.com)
- One concern shared by all sides was that the Gryphon analysis compared potential pandemic risks with those from the 1918 influenza, which killed tens of millions of people. (sciencemag.org)
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