Help Find a Cure for the Coronavirus!

Update: New sections and revisions have been added to the post, so please check them out if you have the time!

Once again, a *BIG* thank you to everyone for joining the cause!

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We interrupt your irregularly scheduled program to bring you… Folds!

With this whole virus outbreak thing driving the whole world crazy and impacting our daily lives, I’m sure that every one of you wants this mess to be over as soon as possible.

Thankfully, the wonderful people at Folding@home have been working on an app that uses idle CPU and GPU resources of personal computers to help find viral weaknesses and develop cures.

This means that we can all use our machines right now to pitch in and help put an end to this pandemic sooner.

However, it can be a bit confusing for beginners, so I wrote this guide to help you get started:

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