Covid-19

Here's some fun info for the day..

Merck has a new covid drug in testing, you may have heard about: https://gizmodo.com/merck-and-ridgeback-say-their-covid-19-pill-cuts-chance-1847781450

I was interested in the action of this drug, so I did a bit of research..
www.nature.com

Mechanism of molnupiravir-induced SARS-CoV-2 mutagenesis - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Quantitative biochemical assays and high-resolution cryo-EM analysis reveal how the COVID-19 antiviral drug candidate molnupiravir causes lethal viral mutagenesis by the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of SARS-CoV-2.
www.nature.com www.nature.com

I'll be honest to say that I was not surprised at all to see how the drug works, and frankly it was exactly what I was expecting to find. In short, the drug interacts with the RdRp enzyme to prevent replication of the virus once infected..

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RdRP, eh? That sounds familiar you might say. Well yes, that's because i mentioned it previously in this very thread:

In short, basically this new drug targets the exact same enzyme (RdRP), which other experimental covid-therapeutics (zinc + an ionophore (such as quercetin or hydroxychloroquine), or ivermectin) also share the same mechanics of.
 
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Wow you three should hang out more often! With the combined wit of you three, you could likely take on a half-wit!
 
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