Cracking the code on COVID-19

People can use their computer to help crack the code to COVID-19.

RESEARCHERS INMISSOURI ARE ON THEFRONT LINES OF FINDING AMEDICATION TO TREAT THECORONAVIRUS.BUT THEY NEED YOURHELP.IN FACT, THEY WANT THEHELP OF ANYONE WITH ACOMPUTER.NEW THIS MORNING - 41ACTION NEWS REPORTERCHARLIE KEEGANEXPLAINS HOW YOU CANBE A PART OF THESOLUTION.TO FIND A WAY TO TREATCOVID-19 - IT"S ALMOSTLIKE HAVING TO PICKMILLION LOCKS.WITH JUST ONE PERSON ITWOULD TAKE FOREVER -SO RESEARCHERS ATWASH U IN ST LOUIS HAVCOME UP WITH A WAY TOGET MULTIPLE PEOPLELEND A HAND - SO VOILA -THEY CAN CRACK THECODE MUCH SOONER.HERE"S HOW IT WORKS- IT MAY SOUND HI-TECH -BUT IT"S REALLY NOT.DOWNLOAD A PROGRAMFROM THEUNIVERSITY"SWEBSITE.THE PROGRAM RUNSMULTIPLE SIMULATIONS TOFIND OUT HOW THEPROTEINS THAT MAKE UPTHE CORONAVIRUS ACT.IT THEN SEARCHES FORTHE BEST TIME TO ATTACKTHOSE PROTEINS WITH AMEDICATION THAT WOULDCURE PEOPLE WHO HAVETHE CORONAVIRUS.THE SCREEN LOOKS LIKETHIS AS IT"S TRYING TOPICK THE LOCK ONCORONAVIRUS.ONCE SCIENTISTS GETINFORMATION BACK FROMALL THE COMPUTERSWHO"VE SIGNED UPHERE"S WHATTHEY"LL DO.Dr. Greg Bowman // Washington UinSTLSAnd then we"re planning toput the data out there for otherscientists to look at bc giventhe timesensitive it"d be great ifsomeoneelse spots something that wedidn"t and together we canmakesome progress.THIS GROUP USED THISMETHOD FORGROUNDBREAKING WORKON EBOLA.AND PEOPLE ARE WILLITO HELP - THEY"VEADDED MORE THAN 60THOUSAND COMPUTERSTHIS MONTH ALONE -INCLUDINMETEOROLOGIST GERARDJEBAILY"S WHO TIPPUS OFF TO THE PROGRAM.RESEARCHERS SAY THEYTAKE YOUR PRIVACY ANDSECURITY SERIOUSLY -THE PROGRAM ONLYWORKS WHEN YOU GIVE ITPERMISSION - AND ITCAN"T ACCESS ANYFILES ON YOURCOMPUTER.I"VE SHAREDINFORMATION ON HOW TOSIGN UP ON MY FACEBOOKPAGE.REPORTIN