New pandemic in 2026?
Part of: New pandemic in 2026?. Crowd probability estimates from prediction markets, not financial advice.
Polymarket traders priced "New pandemic in 2026?" at 5% as of Oct 15, 2026, 12:09 UTC, down from 6% a week earlier.
Probability history
Gridlines at 25, 50 and 75 percent. History covers the recorded price path of the YES outcome.
History in numbers
Since Jul 27, 2026, this market has traded between 4 percent (Oct 15, 2026) and 10 percent (Jul 29, 2026), across 2,558 recorded prices. The current price of 5 percent is 1.0 percentage points below where it stood 7 days ago (6 percent), and 2.0 percentage points below where it stood 30 days ago (7 percent).
Weekly closes
| Week start | YES probability |
|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | 7% |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 6% |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 6% |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 6% |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 6% |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 7% |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 6% |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 6% |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 5% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 5% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 5% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 5% |
Market details
Venues: Polymarket
How this market resolves
The market currently prices the YES outcome at 5 percent, with the NO outcome at 95 percent. This is read as the crowd's probability estimate for this event, not a forecast or advice.
This market will resolve to "Yes" if the World Health Organization (WHO) declares any disease a pandemic between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". The resolution source will be official announcements from the World Health Organization.
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Cite this data
Kresmion stores the venue's YES price on a fixed capture schedule. The figures here are those stored prices and the differences between them, not a Kresmion estimate.
Upstream: Polymarket gamma API, market 788518
Kresmion, "New pandemic in 2026? (prediction market probability)", data as of 2026-10-15, https://kresmion.com/odds/new-pandemic-in-2026. Upstream data: Polymarket gamma API, market 788518.
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Source: Polymarket via the public gamma API, synced by Kresmion. Last updated 2026-10-15 12:09 UTC. This page is research context, not an order book. Kresmion accepts no orders and holds no funds. Percentages are YES prices and can move fast.
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