The flu virus disrupts cellular respiration and diminishes the cell’s ability to make phosphate bonds. Which of the following best predicts and explains the effects of the flu virus?

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Cellular respiration is used to produce high energy phosphate bonds. So if a virus or anything else decreases respiration, it means fewer high energy bonds. High energy bonds are a form of stored energy, or energy currency, which the cell can use to do other things...