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Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case by gridspy on Monday September 13, 2021 @04:58PM (#28516797)
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/...

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Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case by nickthemagicman on Monday September 13, 2021 @11:23PM (#28519849)
> 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.

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Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case by gridspy on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:21AM (#28520975)
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.

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Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case by nickthemagicman on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:41AM (#28538342)
Has there ever been an airborne disease that's been elimated globally?
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