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> if you take extreme measures and eliminate all COVID, then there is no COVID. This is false because COVID also has animal reservoirs. It will never get erad
by mikevm 5y ago
> if you take extreme measures and eliminate all COVID, then there is no COVID.
This is false because COVID also has animal reservoirs. It will never get eradicated like polio or smallpox, which only had human reservoirs.
It appears that in 2022 it is now finally understood that COVID-19 will not get eradicated, the vaccines do not prevent transmission or infection (in fact, the original RCT never even showed it -- it was just assumed!), and that cloth masks have much more limited effectiveness than initially assumed. Omicron is highly contagious (but much milder!) so it appears that almost everyone will get it eventually.
- manwe150 5y agoNearly everyone will eventually be immune to it, but CDC data still is showing that the majority of vaccinated people will not get sick with it to get there.
- cobookman 5y ago> that cloth masks have much more limited effectiveness than initially assumed I recall multiple studies early on stating cloth masks were not effective and should be avoided if you have access to surgical or n95 masks. My impression is that the (US) government didn't want to nuisance this discussion as it'd only open further criticism of mask mandates.
- Izkata 5y ago> It will never get eradicated like polio or smallpox, which only had human reservoirs. Quick aside, polio hasn't been eradicated. Only smallpox and a cat virus I forget the name of.