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One universal antiviral to rule them all?

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331 points breve | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 14:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.594s | source
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giancarlostoro ◴[26 Aug 25 14:37 UTC] No.45027158[source]▶
Wont viruses just adapt and now we've got worse viruses as a result? Isn't this kind of why doctors don't like to prescribe antibiotics too often, because they become ineffective in the long run.

I'm genuinely asking, I'm a simple software dev not a doctor.

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kristjank ◴[26 Aug 25 14:44 UTC] No.45027269[source]▶
Antibiotics are related to bacteria, which have different mutation mechanisms than viruses. I'm also a tech guy, so someone may correct me. Also, this seems to influence the human end to make protective material, not act on the viruses directly.
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1. 15155 ◴[26 Aug 25 15:02 UTC] No.45027573[source]▶
What's the purpose of annual flu vaccination programs if "viruses do not mutate!"?
2. quotemstr ◴[26 Aug 25 15:18 UTC] No.45027815[source]▶
I'm honestly confused about what the OP could be getting out of a drive by comment so obviously and verifiably wrong. Seems like a poor use for even cheap AI inference tokens. It doesn't even have trolling value.

Is it so wrong of me to demand competence of my spammers?