Would it be realistically possible to eliminate the common flu from the Earth, and would there be any kind of adverse consequences?

Question

Would it be realistically possible to eliminate the common flu from the Earth, and would there be any kind of adverse consequences?

In: Biology

Answer 1

It would not be realistically possible.

Even if we managed to eliminate the major flu subtypes that most may consider “the common flu” from the human population, it would not be gone. It would still be found in animals. The flu would then jump back into the human population from the animal reservoirs.