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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by stickfigure on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:18PM (#29556973)
Rabies only has animal reservoirs, it isn't spread person-to-person. And it appears that the localities that have eradicated rabies have done so by dropping animal baits with oral vaccines.

So... small, mostly deforested island countries may have a good chance against animal-borne viruses that have inexpensive edible vaccines.

The wealthiest country in the world hasn't managed to eradicate rabies. Covid isn't going to end this way.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by dragontamer on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @07:32PM (#29560276)
Leprosy.

There's a lot of diseases we've eradicated. Surely something will come along that you don't have an excuse for.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by stickfigure on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @12:10AM (#29562338)
Do you believe that covid continues because of excuses or weak wills or something psychological? Or that all "diseases" are equivalent? Perhaps I should read more into your confounding of cowpox with smallpox.

Leprosy is bacterial and treated with antibiotics. Same with bubonic plague, if that was next on your list.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by dragontamer on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @12:20AM (#29562399)
> Do you believe that covid continues because of excuses or weak wills or something psychological?

I believe COVID19 continues because we have a ~60% vaccination rate in the USA, which is far below the needed vaccination rate to slow down the spread of the disease.

A lot of these other diseases brought up have substantial 95%+ vaccination rates, or treatments that can hamper the spread.

No disease is equivalent to another. Smallpox and Measles had much higher spread R0 / replication rates. Others are bacterial. Cholera is water-borne and solved with other methodologies.

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