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		Wowfunhappy on July 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune respon... I thought the Smallpox vaccine was, or basically was? That's how we were able to eradicate Smallpox by giving everyone the vaccine.

BurningFrog on July 20, 2020 [–]

You only need to the vaccine to lower the spread to an unsustainable level, and the disease will fizzle out.

The challenge for smallpox was more to do it in every remote corner of the planet.

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