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Comment by snowwrestler

Smallpox is gone and polio is almost gone.

We have the technology to completely eradicate the 2019 novel coronavirus if we have the collective will to use it.

Other coronaviruses will evolve to infect humans, yes. We’ll never eradicate infectious disease in general. But we’re talking about one specific distinctive virus here. One for which we already have multiple effective vaccines.

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