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It'll probably happen because we can't get enough people vaccinated and we can't shutdown borders effectively. Variants may evolve independently anyway. This
by sjg007 5y ago
It'll probably happen because we can't get enough people vaccinated and we can't shutdown borders effectively. Variants may evolve independently anyway.
This will require a combo approach where we can rapidly produce new mRNA vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and effective anti-virals. We would need aggressive quarantines as well but that might only work if we have rapid surveillance programs. To do that you need a big investment in RT-PCR and sequencing.
- ipspam 5y agoNow you get it! The vaccines were NEVER going to eliminate Covid. Only 2 viruses in the history of humanity have been eliminated. Consider reassessing blame to Politicians/China/Scientific community/censorship and narrative control
- gus_massa 5y agoI think only smallpox has been eradicated. Polio is in it's way out, but it has been in it's way out for a long time, and I think we still need like 5 or 10 years to eradicate Polio. [1] In spite total annihilation of covid-19 would be nice, really nice [2], I expect that the more deadly variants will be destroyed, but the very mild variants will continue to fly under the radar like other coronavirus. Perhaps we will add a yearly vaccine/booster for the very young and very old, like with the flu. [1] I hope to see it. Let's organize a big party that day. [2] https://xkcd.com/2448/ https://xkcd.com/2448/