Word info

superspreader

Noun

Meaning

(epidemiology)
A person infected with a pathogen who is responsible for spreading it to many other people.
Synonym: superinfector

(also attributively) An event or place which leads to the spread of an infectious disease to many people.

(by extension) A person or thing responsible for the widespread distribution of something regarded as dangerous or undesirable (for example, misinformation).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A British 'superspreader' fell in at a French ski resort earlier this year after contracting the virus in Singapore. Source: Internet

A little more than two weeks later, 41 attendees have tested positive for the virus, according to the event’s organizer, in an outbreak that led local officials to call the convention a “superspreader event.” Source: Internet

All the while, the well-compensated folks at NCBE — who have diploma privilege licenses by the wayexpending all their resources trying to intimidate states out of doing anything but running a superspreader event and feeding their monopolistic coffers. Source: Internet

A revolutionary way to sell books catches people’s attention online, influencer marketing budgets are projected to double by 2022, and a new global database helps identity COVID-19 superspreader events. Source: Internet

Health officials fear tonight’s Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., could be a “superspreader” event. Source: Internet

But, celebrating now could result in massive superspreader events that would accelerate the number of infections and deaths, and that is why it simply cannot happen. Source: Internet

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