09-28-2020, 08:50 PM
(09-28-2020, 08:29 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(09-28-2020, 07:53 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I stand corrected, you're right, MERS has not been eradicated.
Nevertheless, SARS v1 was eradicated, and I'm a little surprised MERS hasn't been, since it's reproduction appears to be lower, and the death rate higher, which should make it easier to eradicate.
I believe the primary reason MERS has not been eradicated is because there continues to be camel-to-human transmission, the primary method of transmission.
"Saudi Arabia: Farmers flout Mers warning by kissing camels"
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from...e-27393045
Right, yes, that is of course the other vector through which a virus can continue to exist.
It is a herculean task to eradicate a virus within our own species, doing so in two would be an even greater challenge.
That being said, I have not heard that this is happening with SARS CoV-2, certainly it had to have happened once, but that is no guarantee that it is functioning as a vector today, and it was not the case that SARS v1 did either.