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Fine. UK eradicated Rabies. I'm pretty sure we all agree Rabies has substantial animal reservoirs, right?

• stickfigure 5y ago
  Rabies only has animal reservoirs, it isn't spread person-to-person. And it appears that the localities that have eradicated rabies have done so by dropping animal baits with oral vaccines. So... small, mostly deforested island countries may have a good chance against animal-borne viruses that have inexpensive edible vaccines. The wealthiest country in the world hasn't managed to eradicate rabies. Covid isn't going to end this way.
  • dragontamer 5y ago
    Leprosy. There's a lot of diseases we've eradicated. Surely something will come along that you don't have an excuse for.
    • stickfigure 5y ago
      Do you believe that covid continues because of excuses or weak wills or something psychological? Or that all "diseases" are equivalent? Perhaps I should read more into your confounding of cowpox with smallpox. Leprosy is bacterial and treated with antibiotics. Same with bubonic plague, if that was next on your list.
      • dragontamer 5y ago
        > Do you believe that covid continues because of excuses or weak wills or something psychological? I believe COVID19 continues because we have a ~60% vaccination rate in the USA, which is far below the needed vaccination rate to slow down the spread of the disease. A lot of these other diseases brought up have substantial 95%+ vaccination rates, or treatments that can hamper the spread. No disease is equivalent to another. Smallpox and Measles had much higher spread R0 / replication rates. Others are bacterial. Cholera is water-borne and solved with other methodologies.