There are 2 ways in which Brilacidin might be help
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•Often when people get a viral infection such as a sinus infection or the flu, the blockage of nasal and lung passageways with mucus allows bacteria to flourish. The anti-bacterial effect of Brilacidin would help kill off certain bacteria.
• Inflammation can kill. The body tries to fight invading viruses and bacteria with various cells and chemicals. Certain proteins act as messengers calling for disease-fighting components. When the body's reaction is too much, it's the body's overwhelming response that also overwhelms internal organs -- the "cytokine storm" -- and people die. The 1918 flu killed mostly younger, healthy people who had good immune systems -- via cytokine storm.
So, in this instance, IV Brilacidin might be helpful in calming down the INFLAMMATION.
Also, lots of people get asthma -- inflamed bronchia and lungs -- only when they're sick. Often they don't even know that they have had transient asthma, they think they just got real sick with a lung infection. Brilacidin potentially could help with that scenario, which can lead to death also.
Whether a new defensin mimetic or Brilacidin can actually help against the virus ITSELF remains to be seen. We don't know.