> Unlike smallpox, the only virus that humankind has successfully eradicated, there are animal reservoirs for COVID-19. there are, or there might be? Is there

> Unlike smallpox, the only virus that humankind has successfully eradicated, there are animal reservoirs for COVID-19. there are, or there might be? Is there any evidence that COVID-19 exists in an animal population in any significant density? And, if so, couldn't that population just be quickly culled? Many different viruses (far more deadly than COVID-19) are known to exist in bats and guano, but they rarely escape into the larger human population. Not to say never, but the cross-over is rare and seems to be reducible with increased education.