“goes viral” meaning “a viral internet hit,” which will have lots of people commenting on his case history, and perhaps one of them giving useful advice. The “humor” (such as it is) come from the confusion of the two forms of “viral.”
I thought the joke was this: anti-bacterial drugs (antibiotics) aren’t working, so if they can get things to “go viral” a different course of treatment (anti-viral drugs) might be effective.
In either case, I suppose it is a pretty desperate move.
There is actually at least one site where you can go and enter your symptoms to crowd source a diagnosis. Overall, I read, they’re pretty accurate. https://www.crowdmed.com/
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“goes viral” meaning “a viral internet hit,” which will have lots of people commenting on his case history, and perhaps one of them giving useful advice. The “humor” (such as it is) come from the confusion of the two forms of “viral.”
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And if his case goes viral, and thus untouchable by antibiotics, he won’t be any worse off.
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Winter already gave the explanation I think is right, so I’ll just agree! And add the word “crowd-sourcing”.
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I thought the joke was this: anti-bacterial drugs (antibiotics) aren’t working, so if they can get things to “go viral” a different course of treatment (anti-viral drugs) might be effective.
In either case, I suppose it is a pretty desperate move.
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There is actually at least one site where you can go and enter your symptoms to crowd source a diagnosis. Overall, I read, they’re pretty accurate. https://www.crowdmed.com/
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Same thought as Ja – although all it would actually mean is that one has two problems – one viral and one bacteria.
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