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Interesting to see interferon on here. I remember it being hailed as some sort of wonder drug back in the 80s, but then sort of fell off the radar.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=interferon




Covid disables the innate immune response by preventing the expression of interferon alpha & beta.

This allows it to engage in uncontrolled replication for up to two weeks before the adaptive response brings it under control.

This massive viral load greatly contributes to transmission.

(Or at least SARS does this.)

https://cmr.asm.org/content/20/4/660.long


The side effects are awful.




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