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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Over 80% was probably sufficient for their purposes. It might even do the trick now. “Everyone” was an exaggeration but there was certainly a lot more buy in than now.
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I'm just not sure that's true. Smallpox was not eradicated overnight, vaccines had been developed for over two centuries and the disease was widely under control by the time the WHO began its eradication program in 1967. How long do you think it took to get to 80% in places like the US and canada. I believe it was decades if not more.