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This is not a question about social media
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  1. Avril Lavigne posted a video on Facebook featuring some celebrities talking about Lyme Disease. At the 0:13 mark, American singer/song-writer, Bebe Rexha, claims:

    Avril Lavigne posted a video on Facebook featuring some celebrities talking about Lyme Disease. At the 0:13 mark, American singer/song-writer, Bebe Rexha, claims:

    Lyme disease is a global pandemic, but not a global priority.

  2. (1) is also also claimed here in a page of the The Avril Lavigne Foundation site.

  3. In the same page in (2), it is claimed similarly in a large title half-way down the page on the disease:

    Lyme disease, a global pandemic but not a global priority!

  4. However, Wikipedia doesn't list it as a current or past epidemic (including pandemics).

Lyme disease is a global pandemic, but not a global priority.

  1. (1) is also also claimed here in a page of the The Avril Lavigne Foundation site.

  2. In the same page in (2), it is claimed similarly in a large title half-way down the page on the disease:

Lyme disease, a global pandemic but not a global priority!

  1. However, Wikipedia doesn't list it as a current or past epidemic (including pandemics).

Question: Is Lyme disease a pandemic, either globally or in some region?

  1. Avril Lavigne posted a video on Facebook featuring some celebrities talking about Lyme Disease. At the 0:13 mark, American singer/song-writer, Bebe Rexha, claims:

Lyme disease is a global pandemic, but not a global priority.

  1. (1) is also also claimed here in a page of the The Avril Lavigne Foundation site.

  2. In the same page in (2), it is claimed similarly in a large title half-way down the page on the disease:

Lyme disease, a global pandemic but not a global priority!

  1. However, Wikipedia doesn't list it as a current or past epidemic (including pandemics).

Question: Is Lyme disease a pandemic, either globally or in some region?

  1. Avril Lavigne posted a video on Facebook featuring some celebrities talking about Lyme Disease. At the 0:13 mark, American singer/song-writer, Bebe Rexha, claims:

    Lyme disease is a global pandemic, but not a global priority.

  2. (1) is also also claimed here in a page of the The Avril Lavigne Foundation site.

  3. In the same page in (2), it is claimed similarly in a large title half-way down the page on the disease:

    Lyme disease, a global pandemic but not a global priority!

  4. However, Wikipedia doesn't list it as a current or past epidemic (including pandemics).

Question: Is Lyme disease a pandemic, either globally or in some region?

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