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its not only possible but it already happened twice ~ with smallpox and polio.
by ikrenji 5y ago
its not only possible but it already happened twice ~ with smallpox and polio.
- nradov 5y agoIt is not possible to eradicate SARS-CoV-2. We eradicated smallpox and (almost) polio because we had highly sterilizing vaccines and no animal hosts. That situation doesn't obtain with SARS-CoV-2. Vaccines are highly effective at preventing deaths and I do encourage vaccination, but vaccinated people can still catch and spread the virus. They are probably less contagious on average, but unfortunately that isn't enough to control community spread. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02187-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02187-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03944-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03944-y
- ikrenji 5y agothere is a too many unknowns for anyone to be able to say its not possible to eradicate covid. whats known for sure is that ~40% vaccination rates would have not been able to eradicate either smallpox or polio...