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Virus Talk with Josh and Chuck

Stuff You Should Know

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The New Sheriff in Town Needs to Kill You

The virus will attach itself to the, to the host cell and either inject it. If they're not similar enough, they can't bond and infect that cell. Is that what an antigen is? I think that's the protein that has the match. Like the antigen looks for another, uh, like protein so it can get that tight bond.

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