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Apart from Hepatitis C, I don't know any viruses that can be cured other than waiting it out for the immune system to take care of it. Maybe that are more cases

Apart from Hepatitis C, I don't know any viruses that can be cured other than waiting it out for the immune system to take care of it. Maybe that are more cases like that but I don't know of more. So maybe it's hard to get rid of viruses? As an uneducated person in this subject, it looks that way to me.

effie 5y ago
No. We don't cure viruses, we cure diseases. A disease like COVID-19 is launched by the virus and some antivirals may be found to be effective in slowing down/stopping replication. The severe cases of COVID-19 after a week have usually very little virus replication and the disease is about tissue inflammation, organ damage and immune system disorder. There are some treatment protocols for these and they are evolving.