Ah. It looked like a useful technical term. (And here are a set of scenarios to watch out for epidemically, and what we call them, so they’re easy to remember.)
Oh, I see, thanks. In the context of this outbreak, I think I’m going to avoid the term, because I can imagine a specific way in which this choice of words might be considered dehumanizing, which is very far from my intention. However, it does seem worthwhile to find a catchy analogy to sum this up.
Where does this terminology come from?
It’s just an analogy that I’m using to indicate that conditions are conducive to monkeypox causing outbreaks outside of Africa.
Ah. It looked like a useful technical term. (And here are a set of scenarios to watch out for epidemically, and what we call them, so they’re easy to remember.)
Oh, I see, thanks. In the context of this outbreak, I think I’m going to avoid the term, because I can imagine a specific way in which this choice of words might be considered dehumanizing, which is very far from my intention. However, it does seem worthwhile to find a catchy analogy to sum this up.
In context, though, it may be a confusing choice of words.
I didn’t find it confusing.