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May 14, 2018 at 20:24 comment added curiousdannii @PC Indeed, it's not a great question, but the title and body are compatible. Some of the other answers are bad too.
May 14, 2018 at 15:38 comment added PC_Goldman - SE is rotting Are you referencing "insurmountable" because it's in the OP's title? The actual question and comments indicated to me that they weren't literally looking for a word that meant that. If they were, pretty much none of the answers, including the accepted one (pervasive), mean insurmountable. The closest is 'intractable' which was already mentioned by OP in the question comments.
May 14, 2018 at 13:36 comment added curiousdannii Endemic just means that it's "native" rather than introduced. It in no ways means an insurmountable problem. Guinea worm is endemic where it exists for as long as it exists. It's prevalence is tangential to its endemic nature.
May 14, 2018 at 13:11 comment added PC_Goldman - SE is rotting @curiousdannii I feel like we are saying the same thing. You cite the Guinea worm as an example of an endemic problem. I agree that it is endemic rather than an epidemic. It has gotten to this point through action (as you accurately point out: education and water treatment) rather than being left untreated. Without these efforts, the Guinea worm would still be a much larger health problem.
May 13, 2018 at 5:18 comment added curiousdannii Endemic does not at all have this meaning. Guinea worm is endemic to many areas but far from insurmountable; we've almost eradicated it through education and water filters (no medications!)
May 11, 2018 at 16:09 history edited PC_Goldman - SE is rotting CC BY-SA 4.0
Fixed links and added systemic as an additional word choice.
May 11, 2018 at 15:55 history answered PC_Goldman - SE is rotting CC BY-SA 4.0