🚨The next frontier in virus elimination isn't targeting the virus. It's targeting you. Bill Gates has committed $200 million to Anthropic over four years and joined a separate $500 million initiative called Intercept, backed by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Stripe, with the stated goal of eliminating respiratory viruses including the common cold, influenza, and coronaviruses through new vaccines, nasal drops, pills, and air-cleaning technologies. The project is targeting 60% population uptake across all age groups regardless of individual health status. One of the core approaches being explored is host-directed antivirals, therapies that don't target the virus itself but the human proteins the virus uses to replicate. Those proteins don't exist only to help viruses. They are proteins the body uses normally, throughout the liver, kidney, brain, and immune system. A 2015 researcher studying similar therapies warned that inhibiting them broadly carries serious risk of immunosuppression and systemic side effects. Full article linked below 👇