The term refers to where an illness spreads, not its severity.

这一术语是指某一地区疾病的传播，而非疾病的严重性。

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However, our pandemic potential scale reflects the likelihood of a pandemic and not its severity.

然而，我们的大流行潜在等级反映的是大流行的可能性，而不是其严重性。

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This does not prevent disease altogether, but can reduce its severity.

这虽然不能完全防止疾病，但能减少它的严重性。

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" And he noted that a pandemic describes "the geographic spread of the disease, not its severity.

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It addresses the spread of the flu, not its severity.

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But Napolitano and Sebelius stressed that would be a reflection of the global spread of the virus, not necessarily its severity.

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