Talk:List of epidemics and pandemics

COVID 19 pandemic status

Hello everyone, I'm putting a comprehensive request to completely change COVID 19 pandemic status from 2019-2023 to 2019-present in bold format because this pandemic is not over unless we come up with comprehensive way to clean the air with comprehensive iqAir system that filters out coronavirus particles, far uvc 222 air disinfection indoors and crowded areas outdoors, and find new ways to prevent near field transmission via upgrades to infrastructure for example smart devices that use AI that sensors and kills germs from being spread via close contact.

We have seen anti-maskers posting repeated changes of this wikipedia link for COVID 19 pandemic from 2019-present to 2019-2023 which absolutely does not make the COVID 19 pandemic disappear because saying its over does not make it over.

World Health Organization. (2023). Coronavirus disease (covid-19) pandemic. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/europe/emergencies/situations/covid-19 Fx3453 (talk) 16:39, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Hey, I hope you are well. People changing the pandemic status to "2019–2023" are not being "anti-vaxxers", but rather following the sources. As it says on the COVID-19 pandemic page, the WHO declared the pandemic as not being a Public health emergency of international concern earlier this year, so that's primarily what they are basing the duration of. Determining when a pandemic ends results on many factors and sources and people disagree. You are very welcome of course to start a discussion about the duration but remember to use sources as otherwise it is WP:OR. I hope this helps!DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 17:06, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Note that the WHO has repeatedly stated that the pandemic is not over, and that ending the public health emergency is an entirely different matter, qv: https://www.who.int/news/item/30-01-2023-statement-on-the-fourteenth-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-pandemic

You can read the WHO definition of PHEIC to see how it differs from the actual pandemic: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/emergencies-international-health-regulations-and-emergency-committees/

The WHO still recommends that people take preventative precautions to avoid spreading SARS-CoV-2, because the risk to public health is still quite high, with large amounts of new variants of the virus still in circulation.

The CDC tracks the rise of new variants of concern here (note that this tracks proportions, not prevalence): https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions

Municipal health departments in most states in the USA are tracking waste water coronavirus concentration levels, which in the case of San Jose haven't been low for a solid sixteen months now, implying that there are still a large number of people infected by the coronavirus: https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-wastewater

The evidence clearly indicates that the pandemic is ongoing, and the official missives of the WHO corroborate that. TTK (talk) 19:33, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Woah. I never said whether or not the pandemic is over or not. I just said that a *discussion* is needed, which has been ongoing and monghs, and that sources and consensus are needed. No need go start telling me off. That is unfair. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 19:37, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

I never told you off, just stating the facts and citing sources, which I thought was the point of this discussion. TTK (talk) 20:04, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

concur with Fx3453--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 17:09, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

If you agree with the opinion above that is completely valid! But it needs to be discussed and sourced - just saying one's personal opinion is not enough as otherwise that is WP:OR. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 18:27, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

I already have sourced it from WHO which clearly states that the Pandemic is not over, we know that Pandemic is still not over by WHO and I believe that we have to take this threat very seriously. Covid 19 is still disabling everyone regardless of lifestyle and I have already had one source provided from who still saying the Pandemic is still not over.

Families need to be able to know that it’s okay to mask up and saying Pandemic is over doesn’t make the problem go away.

World Health Organization. (2023, June 12). With the international public health emergency ending, who/Europe launches its transition plan for covid-19. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/12-06-2023-with-the-international-public-health-emergency-ending--who-europe-launches-its-transition-plan-for-covid-19 Fx3453 (talk) 18:34, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

I agree 100% that people should take the pandemic seriously. But wikipedia is not a guide on what to do. It is information. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 19:43, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

That's not the point. The point is that the pandemic is currently mislabeled as having ended, and that should be rectified. TTK (talk) 20:22, 1 August 2023 (UTC)