The word "Eliminate" has an epidemiological meaning and it is not up to you to interpret it into some other word.
Eliminate revolves around the strategy of stopping viral spread in a given population until there are no new cases. That population in this case is NZ, not the world.
For more info on "Keep it out, Prepare for it, Stamp it out," read https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/...
Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case
by nickthemagicman on Monday September 13, 2021 @11:23PM
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> the strategy of stopping viral spread in a given population until there are no new case
Will never happen happen except temporarily. That's just fundamental epidemiology.
Well, naturally we won't eliminate Covid globally until we globally pursue an elimination strategy.
It's a pity that more nations aren't doing so.
Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case
by nickthemagicman on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:41AM
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Has there ever been an airborne disease that's been elimated globally?
The only way to eliminate it to a basic endemic state, is via the immune system.
And the fact that vaccines just reduce the symptoms and don't stop it's spread....means it's never going away.