Haemagglutinin, spike, gp120 — teaching names for locks that fit particular cells. They are also vaccine antigens. Protein synthesis is 100% host. That is why antibiotics aimed at bacterial 70S ribosomes do not 'treat a virus'.
Some virions carry a polymerase because the host cell has no matching copy machine. Description only — not an engineering list. Most encounters are ordinary: a child with a runny nose, a norovirus day-care week, a streaked tomato leaf. Catastrophe is real but not the median story.
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Haemagglutinin, spike, gp120 — teaching names for locks that fit particular cells. They are also vaccine antigens. Protein synthesis is 100% host. That is why antibiotics aimed at bacterial 70S ribosomes do not 'treat a virus'.
Some virions carry a polymerase because the host cell has no matching copy machine. Description only — not an engineering list. Most encounters are ordinary: a child with a runny nose, a norovirus day-care week, a streaked tomato leaf. Catastrophe is real but not the median story.
Household control is boring on purpose: ventilation, handwashing, staying home when febrile, food hygiene. Drama products rarely beat those basics. A useful rule: match the tool to the biology. Soap for many envelopes; vaccines for preventable diseases; clinicians for severe illness.
Rhinoviruses and seasonal coronaviruses cause most 'colds'. Antibiotics do not shorten a typical viral rhinitis. Mosaic patterns on leaves are often viral. Gardeners manage vectors and infected stock — they do not 'antibiotic' a plant.
This is education from the atlas. It does not diagnose and does not prescribe a dose. It does not replace the full topic page.
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