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Re:What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days fo... by nradov on Saturday July 25, 2020 @06:51PM (#23953003)
We're not going to snuff this out quickly regardless of whether people cooperate with contact tracers. SARS-CoV-2 will become the fifth circulating endemic coronavirus in the worldwide human population (plus some animals). Eradicating it has become effectively impossible, and not even the development of a vaccine will change that.
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Re:What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days fo... by SpicyLemonZest on Saturday July 25, 2020 @08:46PM (#23953524)
It's concerning to me to see this downvoted. As far as I know, almost every health official on the planet believes the virus can't be eradicated at this point, even in the countries that have kept it heavily suppressed. The long-term goal is to get it under control in the same way as tuberculosis.
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Re:What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days fo... by anoncake on Sunday July 26, 2020 @03:47AM (#23955242)
Or, if we're lucky, the common cold. Harmless virus strains are usually more successful than ones that prompt their hosts to isolate themselves.
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