Coronavirus Outbreak May Already Be a Pandemic

Why that’s not as scary as it sounds

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
5 min readFeb 5, 2020

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Disinfection workers in Daerim Central Market in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

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SSeveral health officials are saying the outbreak of coronavirus that originated in China and has spread to multiple countries will almost surely be declared a pandemic. One infectious disease expert thinks we’re already there…

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB