Eli5: why can’t we exterminate fleas entirely?

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Why have we not worked to eliminate the existence of fleas? Considering they are a potent carrier of disease, and an extremely common parasite, why haven’t humans decided to pursue their total extinction? Especially with our loyalty to our domesticated pets?
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It’s basically impossible. You overestimate our abilities.
We are working tirelessly to eradicate malaria using specially DNA-modified mosquitos. But releasing such a modification may have significant unintended consequences ecologically, so we can’t be reckless about it.

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