Things like macrophages are said to devour things like bacteria in the bloodstream and things like antibodies are mostly focused on things like viruses. It might be tougher for macrophages to locate and capture viruses, assuming that they even can in the first place as viruses are smaller than bacteria. Therefore, if some of the viruses are inside bacteria, then that would make it easier for the macrophages, perhaps. But I guess we still have antibodies and perhaps other things which should be dealing with the viruses. So, if your body didn't have enough antibodies, strong enough antibodies, or the right types of antibodies custom designed for specific types of viruses, then that might be a problem. If a bacteria could act like a sponge to soak up viruses and if macrophages could then devour the bacteria, then that could perhaps speed up the process of flushing out viruses to some extent. It is partly a question of which would be better or faster, the antibodies fighting viruses or the macrophages digesting the viruses. I would prefer to focus on macrophages at least in theory, if they could work like a big giant push broom or like a giant riding John Deere lawn mower machine and the antibodies would be like a weed wacker or something a lot smaller for the corners.