In the text, Mark Davis seeks to address the declaration of COVID-19 and its

resemblance as an outbreak or pandemic. It was stated in the text how the

turning point of the pandemic has risen the numbers of a country that was
affected. A declaration of a phenomenon is very important. The declaration
of COVID-19 happened when the virus has already circulated in a lot of
countries. The announcements or declaration by the World Health
Organization reveals the data of people infected and deaths and its use as a
factor of decision making. The transparency has shown how the pandemic is
handled. In the long run, the numbers of COVID-19 turned into
mathematical models representing the decisions made in applying resources
and strategies in an efficient way. These models are also used even back
then. It is said that the numbers in the models are useful information for the
future since the past pandemic's numbers are assessed. Knowing the
numbers of the past pandemics up to now gives recourse of signification.
People have been experiencing different horrors that has been affected by
the pandemic and calculating and knowing the numbers became essential or
important.