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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by throwaway2245 on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:52PM (#25038204)
>we've still only actually eradicated one human viral disease

SARS-CoV-1 was eradicated.

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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by abeppu on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:53PM (#25039102)
It seems that this is a subject of debate among experts. From what I understand, the disagreement is over when we can say that a reduction in cases to zero is "permanent" if animal reservoirs still exist.

> To date, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared only 2 diseases officially eradicated: smallpox caused by variola virus (VARV) and rinderpest caused by the rinderpest virus (RPV).

> Although successful containment strategies eliminated transmission of SARS among people, the continued presence of an animal reservoir means that SARS is not yet an eradicated disease.

https://asm.org/Articles/2020/March/Disease-Eradication-What...

> ... the 2003 SARS epidemic was permanently reduced to zero as a result of deliberate efforts, requiring no further intervention methods. This is precisely the definition of eradication.

https://biomedgrid.com/pdf/AJBSR.MS.ID.001017.pdf

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