> Airborne diseases with wild animal reservoirs cannot be eradicated, and never have been. Only two diseases have been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest (a v

> Airborne diseases with wild animal reservoirs cannot be eradicated, and never have been. Only two diseases have been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest (a viral disease that infects cattle and various wild animals). The latter had both airborne transmission and wild animal reservoirs.