Disease and outbreak signals in Sydney's news coverage, with the state as context for thin city-level signals.
Outbreak anxiety is easing, not disappearing. Every tracked outbreak category is receding, from broad disease outbreaks to COVID-19. Yet the archive contains a 2020 disease outbreak tied to 421 deaths, keeping public-health resilience part of the city's lived memory.
| Signal | News Reported | Recent (2024–26) | Prior (2021–23) | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease Outbreak | 350 | 7 | 211 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Outbreak | 100 | 0 | 83 | ▼ receding |
| Vaccine Outbreak | 85 | 0 | 83 | ▼ receding |
| Viral Outbreak | 59 | 0 | 22 | ▼ receding |
| Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreak | 46 | 0 | 38 | ▼ receding |
| Coronavirus Outbreak | 43 | 0 | 16 | ▼ receding |
| Covid Outbreak | 33 | 0 | 33 | ▼ receding |
| Outbreak | 28 | 0 | 22 | ▼ receding |
| Infectious Disease Outbreak | 13 | 0 | 9 | ▼ receding |
| Influenza Outbreak | 12 | 0 | 2 | ▼ receding |
| Pneumonia Outbreak | 5 | 0 | 0 | — flat |
| Infection Outbreak | 5 | 0 | 1 | ▼ receding |
| Signal | News Reported | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Disease Outbreak | 450 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Outbreak | 122 | ▼ receding |
| Vaccine Outbreak | 120 | ▼ receding |
| Coronavirus Outbreak | 79 | ▼ receding |
| Viral Outbreak | 72 | ▼ receding |
| Covid Outbreak | 50 | ▼ receding |
| Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreak | 49 | ▼ receding |
| Outbreak | 44 | ▼ receding |
| Influenza Outbreak | 15 | ▼ receding |
| Infectious Disease Outbreak | 11 | ▼ receding |
| Outbreak Closure | 7 | ▼ receding |
| Drowning Epidemic | 7 | — flat |
disease signals drawn from local news coverage
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