tridemic

English edit

Etymology edit

From tri- +‎ pandemic.

Pronunciation edit

Rhymes: -ɛmɪk

Noun edit

tridemic (plural tridemics)

Synonym of tripledemic (“a combination of three pandemics”). [from 2022]
- 2022 November 4, Luke Money, Rong-Gong Lin II, “A 'tripledemic' of flu, RSV and COVID is feared in California”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-01-05:
  "We are potentially going into what people are calling a 'tripledemic,' or a 'tridemic,'" warned Orange County health officer Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, who on Monday declared a health emergency amid a surge in RSV cases.
- 2022 November 22, “Fauci urges Americans to get Covid shot, as study finds new booster is best yet”, in The Guardian‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-12-18:
  With some news outlets breathlessly warning of a potential "tridemic" – a possible simultaneous surge of Covid, influenza and RSV – the Biden administration has announced a new six-week campaign to encourage Americans to get boosters in anticipation of the holidays.
- 2022 December 8, Zachary B. Wolf, “Yes to masks, no to mandates”, in CNN‎^[3], archived from the original on 2022-12-25:
  The current rise in Covid-19 cases is one leg of a triple threat – a "tridemic," a "tripledemic" or a "trifecta," as some news organizations are calling it – along with a bad flu season and an RSV outbreak hitting mainly children.
- 2022 December 8, “How to protect yourself from a triple-threat of viruses this holiday season”, in CBC News‎^[4], archived from the original on 2022-12-22:
  A triple threat of viruses has some health officials warning about a "tridemic" this winter season as influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surge at once.