The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 12: Criticise France's half-measure at first sign of cholera causing widespread illness

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A clue to PANDEMIC.
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Comments on the clue
1.I quite liked this apart from "causing". Surely a failure to act would "lead to" say rather than "cause"?