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Why treating Covid-19 with drugs is harder than you think
A vaccine is a biological preparation. It provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease but doesn’t cure the disease. So, the development of new antiviral drugs is essential in order to cope with the coronavirus. But it takes years to develop new antiviral drugs while the novel virus is already mutating and evolving rapidly. One way to deal with the present symptoms is to reuse existing drugs that have already been approved and used. Unfortunately, there are only a few effective antivirals because viruses are more diverse than bacteria. Also, viruses sometimes become inactive and later become reactivated. This makes the treatment more complex and repetitive especially for patients whose immunity is weak.
All in all, the race against the coronavirus is ever-challenging. This is where human ingenuities, artificial intelligence, and corporations beyond borders are more essential than ever before.
Enjoy reading the article and learn about how difficult to overcome the coronavirus.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210430-why-arent-antiviral-drugs-as-effective-as-antibiotics
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