A pandemic is a geographically spread epidemic. If a disease is endemic then it is not epidemic, and therefore cannot be a pandemic as per the accepted definition.
also to quote the transcript "The pandemic is still here. We're not at the endemic phase yet. But I do think we're transitioning, and I think it's a good roadmap."
It can still be sensible to wear face coverings to reduce the spread of communicable diseases, pandemic or otherwise. That said, for many people this has been their first experience of it as guidance and/or a habit.
officialjunk|4 years ago
also to quote the transcript "The pandemic is still here. We're not at the endemic phase yet. But I do think we're transitioning, and I think it's a good roadmap."
jka|4 years ago