why do antiviral drugs not work in the same broad capacity as antibiotic drugs?

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Antibiotic drugs treat a large degree of bacterial infections, but viral infections seem to be trickier to develop medicinal treatment for. Why?

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Simply put — Viruses, unlike bacteria, stick to your DNA and reproduce — they never go away once you have them.

In fact, viruses cannot be fully “removed” from your body (unlike bacteria), because they are literally stuck in your DNA. You body just learns to destroy any new copies when the virus re-activates.

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