Antonyms for antiviralan·tivi·ral

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1. antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drugadjective

   any drug that destroys viruses

   Synonyms:
   antiviral drug, antiviral agent

2. antiviraladjective

   inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses

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1. Ralph Tripp:

   There’s really nothing out there to safely fight these viruses, this antiviral works for all RNA respiratory viruses we tested, including SARS-CoV-2. RSV, coronavirus and flu all circulate in the same season. Bottom line is you can potentially reduce infection and disease using this one oral drug.

2. Jaehun Jung:

   Our toughest moment will likely come in late March or early April, one encouraging sign that the growth in serious illnesses has been actually slower than expected, which possibly shows the effectiveness of oral antiviral treatments.

3. Eric Rubin:

   Having an antiviral is a good thing. It's just good. We really have to watch out for problems like mutagenesis, we have to watch out for resistance, and to see if there are strategies to decrease that risk, but wow -- it would be great to have something -- if Merck's data is right -- to cut risk hospitalizations and death by 50 %. That's awesome.

4. Richard Schutzer:

   The best defense is a good offense, so as I said it’s not too late to get the vaccine yet, in addition, if you do have flu symptoms, let your doctor know. If they know within the first 48 hours there are several antiviral medications that they can start you on that not only decreases the duration of the disease, but also decreases severity of it.

5. Jonathan Reiner:

   You can find online a preprint, non-peer-reviewed paper that seems to suggest that in vitro, in other words in test tubes, that there is some antiviral activity for this compound, but I can tell you there are millions of compounds that, when tested in vitro, in a test tube, appear to have some antiviral activity but that are worthless in vivo, in humans.

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