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As a species, we’re getting better at preventing viral diseases. But eradication, or eliminating them completely, is much harder. So how did we eradicate the Cattle Plague?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox#/media/File:Smallpox_virus_virions_TEM_PHIL_1849.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderpest#/media/File:Rinderpest_milk_fever.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderpest#/media/File:Rinderpest_1896-CN.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderpest#/media/File:Runderpest_in_Nederland_18e_eeuw.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue_culture#/media/File:Cho_cells_adherend2.jpg