Submitted by ShelfordPrefect t3_10kye24 in askscience
No-Turnips t1_j5wdzdz wrote
Reply to comment by FelisCantabrigiensis in What determines whether we can create a vaccine for an illness or not? by ShelfordPrefect
IF we all keep getting vaccinated. There are previously eradicated viruses making a resurgence in younger populations because of anti-vaxxing. Eradication depends on us ALL continuing to vaccinate.
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layzeeviking t1_j5y3ctf wrote
Expecting everyone to cooperate is an authoritarian pipe dream, and even then, there's all the viruses that also infect other animals (like sars-cov-2). We can live in a sterile box, or accept a certain risk.
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