>>11515674>when it comes to actually treating it the only thing they can say is "lol just drink a lot of liquid and rest, bro"?We have antivirals that work in many fronts. E.g.: entry inhibitors (usually specific to a virus), nucleotide analogues (very broad spectrum), protease inhibitors (narrow spectrum), reverse transcriptase inhibitors (specific for retroviruses), integrase inhibitors (specific for retroviruses), etc.
Medical practitioners tend to ignore antivirals in practice because most viral infections are self-limited, they are relatively novel (antibiotics are much older) and a self-perpetuating notion that most viral diseases have no specific treatment.
