Drosten here says vaccination can prevent the development of endemic Covid. But can Covid ever be endemic? I…

Drosten here says vaccination can prevent the development of endemic Covid. But can Covid ever be endemic? I see so much confusion over this, so a few questions for those who might know. /1 #covid19aus @RealOzSAGE @c_drosten @ArisKatzourakis https://t.co/e1MBfu6kHP

A clear and logical counter view in the thread below. Is disease pattern intrinsic to the pathogen itself - how infectious it is, its mode of transmission etc. - or is it a hybrid outcome of pathogen + environment, including public health measures? /2 https://t.co/SMPVwIW7Yk

Can you modulate the disease pattern for a given pathogen through the use of public health measures, including vaccination, or is a pathogen always going to exhibit a particular pattern, no matter what? Influenza for example remains an epidemic disease, after centuries? /end