twindemic

English

Etymology

Blend of twin +‎ pandemic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmɪk

Noun

twindemic (plural twindemics)

1. Two pandemics happening simultaneously, such as flu and COVID-19.
   • 2020 August 21, “CDC urges all Americans to get flu shots amid fears of ‘twindemic’”, in NBC:

     Tonight it is being called a potential ‘twindemic’, the flu season and COVID coinciding this fall with deadly results.

   • 2022 May 7, Liang En WeeEdwin Philip ConceicaoJean Xiang-Ying SimMay Kyawt AungAung Myat Ooet al., “Dengue and COVID-19: Managing Undifferentiated Febrile Illness during a ‘Twindemic’”, in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, →DOI:

     This further exacerbated the diagnostic challenge posed by undifferentiated febrile illness during a “twindemic” of both COVID-19 and dengue, as both illnesses could potentially present with febrile syndromes.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:twindemic.

Related terms

• flurona
• tripledemic

 

Further reading

• Twindemic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia