An all in eradication response to COVID 19 was sacrificed for the earnings of our plutocrats - claim the autors of this piece.
I have my doubts, but I hold a biology PhD and the facts I recognize in this very knowlegable and well investigated piece all check out. Pretty long read of many historical, biological and epidemiological facts and a few very pointed opinions worth considering.
https://johnsnowproject.org/insights/endemic-sars-cov-2-and-the-death-of-public-health/
Via:
@seachanger
https://alaskan.social/@seachanger/111532046021787183
As a counterpoint, here is Dr. Monica Gandhi an infectious disease specialist at UCSF explaining why Covid-19 is not the type of disease that could be eradicated regardless of what measures were taken:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/21/covid-pandemic-end/
The Social Media tl'dr version has 4 points:
* [Animal Reservoirs](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2795140)
* [Lack of a sterilizing vaccine](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1074761322005581)
* [High mutation rate](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-023-00878-2)
* [Asymptomatic spread](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8654597/)
@antares @seachanger Note that it absolutely would be possible to control outbreaks, even if eradication is out of the question. Japan and Korea have demonstrated this. We deemed the costs (monetary but also social and political) too high to control COVID. I tend to agree, the article disagrees and makes points along the way that I find worth considering.