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We might not want to draw that tick mark just yet. Our other "Global Eradication Target", Polio, has dropped into the 10^3 range of annual cases several times. The New York Times likened beating those last few cases to "Trying to squeeze Jell-O to death." Not that humanity doesn't deserve a collective pat on the back, but let's not call the job done until the job is done.
Additionally, adding a second point to the scoreboard in Team Humans Vs Team Disease means looking at that scoreboard, and that's super depressing.
As opposed to tens of thousands of years without even kicking the ball, it's something.