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keirawynn t1_it2dnnl wrote

The challenge is that viruses use the host's own cells to multiply.

A virus outside the body can be dispatched with soap and water, or alcohol, but once it's inside you, it is literally inside your cells.

So anything that works well against viruses are probably going to interrupt essential cellular functions for you too.

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857477457 t1_it2o2il wrote

Viruses produce enzymes specific to their replication that can be specifically targeted.

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