Can COVID-19 ever be completely eliminated? It’s unlikely says this expert

Can cases of COVID-19 ever be brought down to zero? Infectious disease expert Isaac Bogoch says elimination of the virus is 'theoretically possible' but remains unlikely.

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55 comments

  1. it had better because we want to get this bloody crisis over with so that everything will be back to normal like the way it should be and we all can start hugging our friends and shaking hands again

    1. I think we all want that, brother. For anyone who think Covid-minimizing or ignoring is the answer on the path to normalcy, take a look at South Dakota these days.

  2. To the Early Squad Reading This: sending Virtual hugs to everyone who needs it. Always stay safe 👐 read my name btw thx bye ok..

    1. @Bung Chuggler Look up how the virus works it messes with your Tcells thats how your body detects and directs threats your body uses Natural Killer cells to destroy pathogens and cancer its like a chemical burn from the inside out when its directed against your own tissues, thats autoimmune disease. It is not just a flu.

    1. It’s a seasonal virus.. “flattening the curve” just happened to coincide with the end of flu season.. somehow this is all our fault.

    2. cold weather is the reasons why this CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT/POLITICIAN/HEALTH OFFICIALS are taking Advantage of to portrait that cases are spiking. AND THAT’S BS!! why in India, many cases had gone up because of the Diwali Festival and it’s a HOT WEATHER in India… ALL THESE REASONS ABOUT THE 2ND WAVE, UNDERGROUND PARTIES, GYMS, SMALL RESTAURANT BUSINESS ARE THE COST OF THE INCREASE OF CASES ARE A BUNCH OF BULLCRAP!! MADE UP BY THESE CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT/POLITICIANS/HEATH OFFICIALS!

  3. It’s. A. Glorified. Flu.

    Which is perhaps why cases of regular old influenza have all but disappeared from Canada and elsewhere.

    1. Do you think that the strong promotion of the flu vaccine this year in addition to the public health measures intended to reduce Covid transmission might be playing a small role in the reduction of flu cases? What say you, Armchair Epidemiologist?

  4. Really….wow..what a revelation….truly amazing….my ten year told me this 5 months ago…. Jesus Christ what a farce this is..

  5. If it’s unlikely, then why the draconian measures and destruction of the economy? Ohh, we know why.. and can see through your lies.

    1. I guess health repercussions and mortality mean nothing to you…because it’s happening to someone else, right?

    2. @Per Llyngrenn 34 million Canadian’s, according to the government website Canada has 300,000 infections. 0.88% of the population. lock down the old and most vulnerable.

    1. @Andrew We all care about staying clean and all. But at this point the government are literally run by criminals. This needs to end now.

    2. @Andrew That’s 4 year old logic. Have you seen what happens to smoke when exhaled through a surgical or cloth mask?

    3. @iah48 If you had taken high school chemistry or biology you’d know smoke is made up mainly of carbon molecules. Significantly smaller than viral particles.

    4. @Andrew Tobacco smoke as it comes from a cigarette is an extremely concentrated aerosol with a relatively stable distribution of sizes ranging from 0.1 to 1.0 micron, peaked between 0.2 and 0.25 micron.

      COVID 19 virus particle size is 125 nanometers (0.125 microns); the range is 0.06 microns to .14 microns.

    1. It sounds like you’re already accepting DEFEAT and GIVEN UP while ‘the last stand’ from the population haven’t started.. Why don’t you FIGHT BACK! or/and RESIST!

    1. No, i’m NOT GOING TO HIDE AT ALL, I’M GOING TO INVADE WERE THE VACCINES ARE STORED AND SET IT ON FIRE!!!!!!!!

  6. COVID-19 will become just another seasonal illness because, let’s face it, it’s close enough to one anyway. It’s a coronavirus, aka a strain of influenza. We live perfectly fine with existing flu bugs, we don’t live perfectly fine with on and off restrictions and lockdowns with no end in sight.

  7. But if I close down my business , I’ll go bankrupt…. I’ll lose everything I have worked for for the last 30 years…
    DON”T YOU LOVE YOUR GRANDMA ?
    She die 5 years ago…
    THEN….THEN…WHAT ABOUT MY GRANDMA

  8. We can’t even eradicate diseases we have known cures for thanks to anti-vaxxers. Unfortunately, our society is being held back by morons.

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