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disease outbreak
/dɪˈziːz ˈaʊtbreɪk/
Definition
1
A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease in a specific population, area, or time period, often indicating a failure in public health containment measures.
2
The unwelcome social or professional equivalent of a party guest who arrives uninvited and refuses to leave.
Examples
The office coffee machine has become the epicenter of a mysterious disease outbreak, mostly consisting of seasonal sniffles and an inexplicable loss of productivity.
Trying to explain a disease outbreak to a conspiracy theorist is a lot like trying to teach a cat to file its own taxes.
If 2020 taught us anything, it is that a disease outbreak is the only time a introvert’s lifestyle suddenly looks like rigorous scientific preparation.