I don’t think accusations of off-topic-ness at this point are very helpful.
Youhave been making strong claims about “pandemics” in general, which others have responded to by pointing out examples of pandemics that don’t fit your claims. If by “pandemics” you meant “civilisation-ending pandemics” only, I think it was on you to make that clear.
In the context of this discussion (the post is about GCBRs), it should have been clear what I meant by that term.
Also, it can be claimed that a lot of things are “pandemics” like TB and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but what is usually meant by the term is rapid, global spread (within weeks to a few months at most) of a deadly pathogen.
I don’t think accusations of off-topic-ness at this point are very helpful.
You have been making strong claims about “pandemics” in general, which others have responded to by pointing out examples of pandemics that don’t fit your claims. If by “pandemics” you meant “civilisation-ending pandemics” only, I think it was on you to make that clear.
In the context of this discussion (the post is about GCBRs), it should have been clear what I meant by that term.
Also, it can be claimed that a lot of things are “pandemics” like TB and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but what is usually meant by the term is rapid, global spread (within weeks to a few months at most) of a deadly pathogen.
It wasn’t obvious to me, and apparently also not to others, that your statements about “pandemics” were not meant to apply to pandemics in general.
In general, when you realise you have been communicating unclearly, it’s a bad idea to blame the people you confused.
I don’t think you’re being reasonable here. So, we’ll just have to agree to disagree.