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Perhaps (definitely) naively, I assumed at the beginning of the whole thing that we'd quickly kick out a vaccine and eradicate it like Polio. Maybe have some ch
by muttled 5y ago
Perhaps (definitely) naively, I assumed at the beginning of the whole thing that we'd quickly kick out a vaccine and eradicate it like Polio. Maybe have some challenges at the tail end as we get the entire world vaccinated. I didn't expect the rollout to be intentionally tripped up.
- nradov 5y agoWe were only able to eradicate smallpox and (almost) polio because we had highly sterilizing vaccines and there were no animal reservoirs. That situation does not obtain with SARS-CoV-2. Even if we could somehow clear it from every human simultaneously (not possible), the bats that presumably transmitted it to us in the first place are still out there somewhere. So it will be the fifth endemic human coronavirus and will never be eradicated. Fortunately the vaccines are very effective at preventing deaths.
- _Microft 5y agoBats might not be such a huge problem at being a reservoir as we hardly get in close contact with them. I would be more concerned about pets.
- nradov 5y agoMost mammal species including dogs and cats are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250853 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... Someone in China apparently got in close contact with a bat at least once. All it takes is a single index case to start a pandemic.