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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by Izkata on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @01:08AM (#26952234)
> Seeing as we've wiped out multiple viruses completely

If we're talking only human viruses, the count is 1: Smallpox, and it took about 20 years. If not, I think the count is 2, the other being a cat one.

In both cases, if I remember right, the virus couldn't jump species, while SARS-CoV-2 already has multiple times.

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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by istjohn on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:25AM (#26952675)
Yes, I thought we eradicated Polio, too. I see I was wrong. But apparently we are very close to eliminating a disease caused by a nematode parasite, too [1]. Fascinating.

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

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