Wiping Covid from the face of the Earth would, of course, be great given the death and destruction it has caused. But the only problem with that is that eradication has only been achieved with one virus before – smallpox in 1980.
It took decades to get to that point, and scientists and governments were only able to achieve this because of a pretty unique set of circumstances.

Covid_ Why goal is to live with the virus – not fight it – BBC News