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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by mschuster91 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:03AM (#33548418)
I literally posted an example where that worked in recent times, not to mention the historic examples of smallpox and polio (although the latter sadly still remains at like 99% due to anti-vaccine misinformation in the few areas that still have polio).

Vaccines work.

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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by thehappypm on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:16AM (#33548678)
I think with the comment was saying is that we cannot eradicate a flu/covid disease by handwashing and masking. China has shown us you can control it with ruthless rules. And a more effective vaccine could do it, but there’s little precedent for a 100% effective respiratory vax.
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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by TheCoelacanth on Thursday November 10, 2022 @01:09PM (#33550639)
Not COVID, because it is so highly infectious, but there is evidence that a strain of flu was eradicated because of COVID measures[1].

[1] https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/covid-may-have-pushe...

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