As frequently reported in the last year, only a small niche of the scientific community is optimistic that COVID can be eradicated through vaccination. Smallpox had no animal reservoirs, while COVID does.
> Yes people need to take yearly vaccines not to die of horrible diseases. That has been the case for the last few hundred years.
No, it hasn’t. The only common annual vaccination is for influenza, it was introduced only in recent decades, and, as I mentioned, only half the population or less take it annually.