I haven’t read the article but based on the quote posted in bold I have a question. Are they proposing that antibiotic ointment will prevent viral infection?
“Our findings suggest that we might be able to optimize this cheap and generic antibiotic to prevent viral diseases and their spread in human populations, especially in global communities with limited resources,” Iwasaki said in a Yale news release. “This approach, because it is host-directed, should work no matter what the virus is.”
Yes, surprisingly that's exactly their contention.
