Share this Story: Opinion: It's time to learn to live with COVIDOpinion: It's time to learn to live with COVID The benefits of elimination attempts have greatly diminished with rising vaccination rates and more effective treatment strategies for COVID-19 Photo by Gavin Young/PostmediaArticle content The COVID-19 pandemic has often been described as unprecedented, even though, throughout history, we have repeatedly witnessed the spread of pandemic diseases — pathogens we still live with to this day. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Try refreshing your browser, or Opinion: It's time to learn to live with COVID Back to video Only one human pandemic disease, smallpox, has ever been eradicated. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Vaccination of the elderly was the initial priority, given the high rates of serious illness and death in that population.

Source: National Post August 18, 2021 15:33 UTC