# When is a pandemic over?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Alex Rosenthal
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Society and politics, History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_rosenthal_when_is_a_pandemic_over)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Consider the following scenario: a highly infectious, sometimes deadly respiratory virus infects humans for the first time. It spreads rapidly worldwide, and the WHO declares a pandemic. The death toll starts to rise and everyone is asking the same question: when will the pandemic end? Alex Rosenthal details the three main strategies governments can use to contain and end a pandemic. \[Directed by Visorama, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Bamm Bamm Wolfgang\].

## Lectures

1. [When is a pandemic over?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alex_rosenthal_when_is_a_pandemic_over/63efc6d7709f), 6 min (TED's player)