Uncertainty (noun) the quality or state of being uncertain : DOUBT

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncertainty

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Quote: In just 36 hours, researchers analyzed samples from 100 infected patients, collated the data and, as Americans were enjoying Thanksgiving, alerted the world, setting off new rounds of travel restrictions and adding new uncertainty about the trajectory of a pandemic that has upended the world for almost two years.