The student said: " I think we just need to move on with the pandemic and treat it as endemic rather than going back to what we were doing the past two years."

“我认我们只需要继续应对疫情，把它当作地方病，而不是回两年的做法。”

On Saturday, the Head of the World Health Organization declared the virus which is endemic to central Africa and has infected more than 16,000 people in 75 countries, a public health emergency of international concern.

周六，世界卫生组织总干事宣布该病毒的有关情况：它是中非的地方病，已经感染了 75 个国家的 16，000 多人，成一种国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。

That stress increases the probability that an endemic disease will turn into an outbreak that can completely wipe out meerkat populations… . with the extinction risk for local groups predicted to double over the next dozen years.

生理应激增加了地方病爆发的可能性，而这种爆发会彻猫鼬种群——预计未来十几年中当地种群的绝风险会翻番。

Cholera can be endemic or epidemic.

霍乱可地方病或流行病。

Smallpox in the New World Smallpox was endemic to the Old World; the  people had dealt with it for centuries and had built up some immunity.

5. 新大陆的天花 天花是旧大陆的地方病。人们已经与它打交道了几个世纪，并建立了一定的免疫力。

But sometimes, the disease might become endemic when it wasn't before.

但有时，这种疾病可能会 在以前不流行时成地方病。

A symptom is something a patient can detect, such as fever, bleeding, or pain. A sign is something a doctor can detect, such as a swollen blood vessel or an enlarged internal body organ.

疾病可以划分不同的种类，例如，流行病是一种在某一社区内侵袭许多人的疾病。当它年复一年地侵袭同一地区，就成了一种地方病。