What is the Pandemic?

The pandemic is when a sickness spreads to many people all over the world, like a big wave that can’t be stopped.

Imagine you have a really contagious cold, it starts with one person sneezing in class, and before long, everyone in your school has it. Now imagine that same cold spreading from school to school, city to city, all the way across countries. That’s a pandemic.

Think of germs like little tiny bugs that can jump from one person to another, when you cough or sneeze, they ride on air and go into other people's noses or mouths. If lots of people get sick at the same time, it can feel like the whole world is under a bug storm.

Sometimes, people don’t know about these bugs at first, so they keep going to school, work, and the mall, helping the bugs travel even faster! That’s why we might need masks or hand sanitizer, just like a superhero shield against the bug storm.