Right, IIUC the adjuvant being present alongside the e.g. inactivated virus causes the immune system to react more strongly because the adjuvant is a harmful su

Right, IIUC the adjuvant being present alongside the e.g. inactivated virus causes the immune system to react more strongly because the adjuvant is a harmful substance (though in small enough quantity that it is harmless overall, of course). The obvious question is - how does the adjuvant specifically target the inactivated virus while avoiding having the same effect on anything else in the body? AFAIK the adjuvant substance itself is not chemically complex in a way that it would have the ability to target at all. Can someone explain how this works?