Place lobsters in the pot (head first), cover tightly, return to a boil as quickly as possible and start counting the time. Steam a lobster for 8 minutes per pound, for the first pound. Add 3 minutes per pound for each additional pound thereafter. See chart below for approximate cooking times. Regulate the heat if the froth starts to bubble over.
epidemic definition. A contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely among the population in an area. Immunization and quarantine are two of the methods used to control an epidemic.
Best Answer: technically none of the answers yet are completely true. an epidemic is a rate of disease that is higher than expected. A pandemic is an epidemic on a worldwide basis, its a disease that is higher rates to be expected and it affects the world. The 1918 flu was a pandemic because more people came down with the disease than was expected that year and it spread around the world. There is a normal rate of disease.