Agree with Dr. Fauci @greg_folkers that "Somewhere between control and elimination is where we’re going to wind up. Namely a very, very low level that isn’t a public health hazard that doesn’t disrupt society.”
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Definitions:
*Control: Active measures to reduce infections in area like vax
*Elimination: No more cases in specific area
*Eradication: Worldwide elimination - has only been achieved with smallpox (we live with many other pathogens without eradication)
pedaids.org/2015/02/18/hiv…
*Control: Active measures to reduce infections in area like vax
*Elimination: No more cases in specific area
*Eradication: Worldwide elimination - has only been achieved with smallpox (we live with many other pathogens without eradication)
pedaids.org/2015/02/18/hiv…
I wanted to explain what it feels like to be an ID doctor in the US with measles. Once we get to control of COVID (which we are or already have) which is similar to the concept of herd immunity, COVID is no longer the public's problem but an ID doctor's problem. For instance,
I have seen measles in my career, but it has been rare and has occurred due to someone unvaccinated here traveling back from a place with more vaccine hesitancy in Europe or place with more measles circulating or a community declining vax here. RARE, no longer public's problem.
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