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To: KansasConservative1
It is my understanding that Antibiotics have no effect on viruses anyway.

Correct. Simple reason - virii aren't alive; that is, they don't respire; that is, they don't take anything (including antibiotics) in from the environment. They don't do anything at all until they come in contact with a glycoprotein trigger on the surface of a cell, then they inject the infective agent - DNA or RNA - into the target cell.

About all you can do is sensitize the immune system to build antibodies faster than the virii can replicate. Inoculation does that by building a cell line already active against a particular antigen. Pumping up the mechanism of the immune system also helps - Vitamin C, for starters, and a host of other things. All antibiotics will do is protect the body from a secondary, bacterial infection.

60 posted on 04/22/2003 9:26:34 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
I bet people with herpes aren't getting this virus. Only because herpes acts a lot like the mumps.
76 posted on 04/22/2003 10:22:07 AM PDT by kinghorse
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