Sentence examples for epidemic is difficult from inspiring English sources

Accurately gauging the impact of the epidemic is difficult.

To begin with, defining the word "epidemic" is difficult.

In fact, I created this map based on research and maps from NCD Risk Factor Collaboration because I think the magnitude of the global obesity epidemic is difficult to communicate with statistics alone.

The disadvantage of all bacterial and viral warfare agents is that the epidemics they cause can swiftly infect users as well as enemies, and once begun, an epidemic is difficult to stop.

The severity of America's opioid epidemic is difficult to overstate.

Getting a history of possible date of exposure in a potential Ebola patient in a developing country during an epidemic is difficult -- especially when data is not being obtained for research purposes.

The dynamics of an influenza epidemic are difficult to determine because they vary for each circulating influenza subtype.

The costs of this epidemic are difficult to calculate, and must take into account not only acute care medical expenses but also potential loss of productivity due to illness or death.

Defining true epidemics is difficult (32 ).

Preparedness and response Preparedness for meningitis epidemics is difficult because vaccines cannot be administered until the different forms of the bacterium spreading are known.

However, real-time tracking of epidemics is difficult, because of the inherent delay between onset of symptoms or hospitalizations, and reporting.