Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
If every single person in the country wore a mask.......................
...........how long would it take for the virus to go away for good.
|
Some period of months - but that is to extirpate it in the US not worldwide, and assumes that hand-washing, etc. nullifies transmission via fomites.
And you'd still worry about inputs from other countries as it would not be extinct.
Now, suppose we successfully render it extinct - it could evolve again, just as smallpox could.