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One way to eliminate viruses is to wash your hands well with soap and water. You can reduce viral load (the sheer numbers of any given virus) in your throat or nose, by gargling and irrigating your nose with a saline solution (salt water). Many viruses are easily killed on surfaces by using disinfecting agents with virucidal claims. You must follow the directions carefully for maximum sanitization, if the label says to leave the disinfectant on the surface for 5 minutes, leave it there the entire time before wiping it up using disposable towels and wearing gloves. And finally, to totally eradicate a virus would require "herd immunity" such as was achieved by the poliovirus vaccine. Everyone susceptible to the virus would need to be vaccinated against it, and have immunity from it, during the same time frame.

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