I wasn't aware that viruses in general were known for the quality of their genetic repair; let alone the COOF virus.
Do you have a link supporting this characterization, or was it sarcasm?
Dude, seriously? BTW, that is sarcasm.
C'mon MAN.
"However, coronavirus polymerases, including SARS-CoV-2’s, come uniquely equipped with a sidekick “proofreader protein” that catches most of those errors. It chops out the wrongly inserted chemical component and gives the polymerase another, generally successful, stab at inserting the proper chemical unit into the growing RNA sequence.The experimental drug remdesivir, approved for emergency use among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, directly targets RNA viruses’ polymerases.
Stanford participated in clinical trials leading to this injectable drug’s approval. Initially developed for treating Ebola virus infection, it belongs to a class of drugs that work by posing as legitimate chemical building blocks of a DNA or RNA sequence. These poseurs get themselves stitched into the nascent strand and gum things up so badly that the polymerase stalls out or produces a defective product."
“Now, with the drug, the virus starts making a lot of rotten genomes that poison the viral replication process,” said Frydman."
"Remdesivir, being a prodrug, is metabolized into its active form GS-441524. As an ATP [Adenosine-5'-triphosphate] analog, GS-441524 competes with ATP for incorporation into RNA and inhibits the action of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
Remdesivir. is. an. RNA. chain-terminator. spoofing. adenosine [ATP]. in. the. COVID. virus. self-repair. machine. just. like. I. said.