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Thumbs down to being sick.<\/p>\n Thumbs down to being sick.<\/p>\n
It still baffles me that we have come up with so so SO many antibiotics (meaning, specifically, antibacterials) but the methods of fighting off viruses still eludes us. Sure, we’ve got some that reduce the suffering during a herpesvirus outbreak (acyclovir, gancyclovir, etc) and even a couple that, if used quickly enough, can shorten the misery of influenza virus infection (amantadine, zanamivir). And thankfully we’ve come up with a few medications that seem to stave off HIV for a while (the reverse transcriptase and protease inhibitors). But why can’t we tackle the common cold? What about these coronaviruses, rhinoviruses, adenoviruses…?<\/p>\n
I know, I know: "They mutate!"<\/font> "The antigens change!"<\/font> "We just can’t keep up!"<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n Viruses. Little capsules of genetic material without brains, without thought, without intent or purpose… just carrying out their hard-coded genetic instructions that just so happen to bring mighty humans to their knees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thumbs down to being sick. It still baffles me that we have come up with so so SO many antibiotics (meaning, specifically, antibacterials) but the methods of fighting off viruses still eludes us. Sure, we’ve got some that reduce … Continue reading