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A comment on FDA statement on following the authorized dosing schedules for Covid-19 vaccines. Parent comment

Re:FDA statement on following the authorized dosing schedule... by standardUser on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @04:42PM (#25651535)
Vaccines generally do not eliminate a pathogen and they are not expected to eliminate this Coronavirus. Smallpox is the only human disease to ever be successfully eliminated.
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Re:FDA statement on following the authorized dosing schedule... by Retric on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @05:08PM (#25651861)
Relatively few vaccines exist, and even fewer old ones, but on the whole they have been quite effective. https://www.vaccines.gov/diseases In total both Smallpox (human) and Rinderpest(cattle) have been eliminated in the wild. Seasonal flu is kind of an interesting case as each year is arguably a different disease with the old one having been eradicated. That’s hopefully a model which will work for covid-19.

Polio is very close to being eliminated, with only 125 known cases in 2019, which was a spike. Rubella dropped from 670 thousand in 2000 to under 15 thousand in 2018.

Ovine rinderpest elimination is considered a reasonable goal, but still 15+ years off.

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