[aristeides]

Another connection with AIDS? Aren't protease inhibitors used against AIDS?

[Judith Anne]

I think SARS is a totally completely different virus from HIV, which is a retrovirus, iirc...another whole type from coronaviruses, if I have my facts straight.

[Prince Charles]

Yes, I think AZT is a protease inhibitor.

[tallhappy]

Good luck to them, sincerely.

But, all this is premature. It isn't still certain what causes the lung damage.

It's hard to target if the mechanism of pathology isn't even known.