pan•demic (pan dem'ik) adj. Contraction of the words "panic" and "epidemic".  I realize that using the word that way changes its definition.  In the past, it was used to describe an epidemic that has infected most or all of the world.  In its latest use, the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic, but the World Health Organization is carrying water for the Chinese communists these days, which cuts into the validity of the declaration.  In this case, the panic is supplied by the media, and the epidemic is supplied by the Chinese communists. Some people have noticed that their constitutional rights are slipping away.  They are in a lockdown and are forbidden to travel, work, or worship in groups.  The justification for all this is that there are some crises that are so bad that it is necessary and thus permitted for various and sundry governing bodies such as states and...(Read Full Post)