A lot of travel insurance policies have exclusions for epidemics and pandemics.

Source: https://www.moneytalksnews.com/slideshows/how-to-purchase-travel-insurance/

But epidemics are a fact of history.

Source: https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23497698.yorks-hidden-history-outbreak-plague-killed-1-3/?ref=rss

But the situation here is a world away from the US where inflation and drug epidemics have led to a surge in shoplifting.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/investing/article-12448511/CITY-WHISPERS-City-regulator-FCA-shuns-probe-Home-REIT-scandal.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Caging them together in cramped quarters not only facilitates epidemics, it’s especially cruel.

Source: https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/09/03/zeynep-tufekci-cats-with-bird-flu/

Devastating small pox epidemics, slaughters and raids and counterraids were dismayingly routine features of these regions long before the United States was a contender for dominance.

Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/commentary-the-myth-of-native-american-innocence-2834990/

“Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, in Sierra Leone we have had our own share of epidemics and pandemics.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/sierra-leones-president-julius-maada-bio-shares-country-experience-with-pandemics-efforts-at-healthcare-delivery-at-the-high-level-africa-cdc-forum/

Drug epidemics, particularly involving crack cocaine, exacerbated the situation, turning the city into a hub for drug trafficking and abuse.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/08/27/new-york-city-in-decline-echoes-of-the-past/

Emergency managers point to social cohesion – such as family and religious ties – as necessary to endure and recover from disasters, whether fires, terrorist attacks, or epidemics.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/0814/A-cool-poise-after-Maui-s-fire?icid=rss

Flu resistance is low after two years of isolation during the Corona crisis: “We’re paying most attention to the threat of several epidemics at the same time, and a tough winter season,” Kjerkol said.

Source: https://www.newsinenglish.no/2023/01/05/updates-here-as-corona-rages-on/

I guess the attitude is that not all epidemics are bad, as long as you are having fun.

Source: https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/06/30/virginity-is-a-social-construct-says-planned-parenthood-n561598

Many Algonquin joined mission settlements, and a very large number died in epidemics, leaving the nation weakened and unable to regain their lost territory.

Source: https://ngtimes.ca/lost-lands-of-the-algonquin/

Other major epidemics have led to spikes in disaster giving in the past nine years: The second highest was after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014, which attracted $158 million.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-american-red-cross-new-orleans-funds-spike-b2279104.html

Public health preparedness is crucial in effectively responding to emergencies and disasters, such as epidemics, natural disasters.

Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/2023/11/28/investing-in-public-health-key/

Seasonal flu epidemics, too, tend to be heavily dominated by flu A’s, especially H3N2 and H1N1, two notably tough-to-target strains that feature prominently in each year’s vaccine.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/04/yamagata-flu-transmission-lineage-extinction/673662/?utm_source=feed

The BCCDC report BC has seen higher vaccine effectiveness this season compared to previous years against the H3N2 subtype of Influenza A, where vaccine effectiveness has typically been much lower and the epidemics much more severe.

Source: https://the-peak.ca/2023/01/the-bccdc-stresses-the-importance-of-getting-a-flu-vaccine/

“The cocaine and heroin epidemics were bad enough, but you mix that with fentanyl, there are now even more overdose deaths.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/10/03/residents-of-las-skid-row-talk-about-survival-in-the-impoverished-area/

You’ve undoubtedly heard the term norovirus in connection with viral epidemics on cruise ships.

Source: https://www.harlanenterprise.net/2023/05/12/geri-antics-the-doctor-is-in/