super spreader
Outbreak's main accelerator
A super spreader is a person who infects an unusually large number of others with a contagious disease, far exceeding typical transmission rates.
The term gained widespread use during the COVID-19 pandemic, often applied to individuals or events: The wedding became a super-spreader event.
Sometimes written as one word or hyphenated.
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- clusterGathered group nearby
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
transmission · close contact · infection · event · gathering · airborne · droplets · COVID · patient zero · hotspot · carrier · epidemic · infectious · crowd · ventilation · indoor · indoor dining · bar hopping
- epidemic controlquarantine zone, quarantine station, disease outbreak, outbreak, epidemic
- pandemic responsecontact tracing, quarantine laws, social distancing, lockdown, mask mandate
- epidemicsepidemic, pandemic, outbreak, disease, Black Death