The phrase "severe pandemic" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to an outbreak of a disease that is widespread and causes a high number of illnesses and deaths. Example: The government declared a state of emergency due to the severe pandemic that was spreading rapidly throughout the country.
But Sars never spread widely in the general community, and died out without causing the severe pandemic that was feared.
Conclusions: PCV7 vaccination is highly effective and cost saving in both normal and severe pandemic influenza seasons.
A draft shows that the country is woefully unprepared, and it warns that a severe pandemic will kill millions, overwhelm hospitals and disrupt much of the nation.
"If a severe pandemic materializes," Dr. Redlener said, "all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us".
Given concern about the possibility of another, more severe pandemic, when supplies of vaccines and antivirals will still be inadequate, research on this third approach to treatment should begin immediately.
"In a severe pandemic, there will be a global shortage," says Redd, who served as the C.D.C.'s incident commander during the last flu pandemic, the H1N1 outbreak in 2009.
They estimate the annual losses from a moderate to severe pandemic would be about $500 billion, or 0.6percentt of global income.
Nevertheless, the H1N1 cohort amassed charges of similar magnitude to the most ill and expensive patients in the ICU, indicating the abundant health care resources consumed by severe pandemic influenza infection.
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"We realized that if we had a severe pandemic like in 1918, we wouldn't be prepared," added Jernigan.
