if you could wipe out any disease entirely would one would you pick

Question: if you could wipe out any disease entirely would one would you pick
- Keywords:
  disease,
  hypothesis,
  removal
Asked by date520doty to Simon, Philippa H, janemusson, jamiehoneychurch, Hannah on 26 Mar 2025.
- Hannah Blyth answered on 26 Mar 2025:
  
  I’ll let a human disease researcher answer for what human-centric disease they’d wipe out (malaria, maybe? The author John Green of YouTube/TFIOS fame might say Tuberculosis at the moment)
  
  As a plant scientist, I want to time travel to eradicate a potato pathogen, Phytophthora infestans. Potato blight was partly responsible for a devastating famine in Ireland in the 19th century, causing widespread crop failure and worsening food shortages. Even today, it remains a threat to potato production worldwide, with significant economic impacts.
  
  If I can’t time travel, I might focus more on Wheat Rust or the fungus I study, Zymoseptoria tritici!

Question: if you could wipe out any disease entirely would one would you pick