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Quote from The Sun:

The Government’s chief scientific adviser has warned a Covid vaccine may never eradicate the virus completely.

Sir Patrick Vallance said that only one disease - smallpox - had ever been completely eradicated by a vaccine as he moved to try and manage expectations over the nationwide roll-out of a Covid jab.

Giving evidence to the joint Commons and Lords National Security Strategy Committee, he said a vaccine may be ready for widespread community use by the spring and that doses may be available to some people before that.

But Sir Vallance said he thought it was "unlikely" that a jab would be widely available before then.

He said in the future, treating Covid-19 may become more like seasonal flu.

Sir Patrick told the committee: "I think it is unlikely that we will end up with a truly sterilising vaccine that completely stops infection.

"It is likely that this disease will circulate and be endemic.

We're just going to have to live with it like seasonal flu and stop the damaging lockdowns that are and will kill more as collateral damage (Untreated cancer, heart disease, mental health etc) in the coming years than are dying from COVID 19.