Mon Feb 3 07:26:01 2020
<9e126bf3> counter-prop brigade out in full force <https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/02/02/no-coronavirus-was-not-bioengineered-to-put-pieces-of-hiv-in-it/#39658a2756cb>
<9e126bf3> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/02/02/no-coronavirus-was-not-bioengineered-to-put-pieces-of-hiv-in-it/>
<9e126bf3> ugh annoying multi article scroll thing
<9e126bf3> anyway, so they’re like:
> But despite the removal, the pre-print paper has stimulated a heap of discussion about HIV and coronavirus. Many people have asked on social media why, if coronavirus does not have pieces of HIV in it, HIV drugs are being used in some cases to treat the virus, with preliminary evidence that they, and other anti-viral drugs appear to be working in some cases.
> “Some antiviral drugs can work against fundamental and generic steps involved in RNA virus replication. Anti-HIV drugs that inhibit viral RNA (genome) replication or the process of making viral protein from viral RNA may also work against other RNA viruses. This depends on the mode of action of the drugs,” explains Banerjee.
<9e126bf3> But when I look up HIV drugs used for other illnesses, I find nothing… maybe y’all have better luck
<9e126bf3> Specifically the ones mentioned in the linked article, they work on *Nucleoside/Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs)*