We can’t even wipe out mosquitos. Just tweeted this:
> We lost the “War on Terror”, we lost the “War on Drugs”, and as long as we keep declaring war on fundamental forces of nature, we will keep losing. The only way to win is not to play.
> We lost the “War on Terror”, we lost the “War on Drugs”, and as long as we keep declaring war on fundamental forces of nature, we will keep losing. The only way to win is not to play.
Cause ya know, that was pretty worthwhile.
Just because we didn't eradicate human feeding mosquitoes doesn't mean it wasn't hugely worthwhile to play the game of controlling them.
Coronaviruses are definitely not in that category.
If/when we have another, more damaging pandemic, I expect the lesson about how powerful a tool social distancing is to sink in more widely (we are somewhat accidentally having a mild flu season so far; just changing attitudes about what is appropriate when symptomatic would be a benefit, you don't need to do big lockdowns to benefit).