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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by uoaei on Thursday March 12, 2020 @02:36PM (#22560145)
Humans aren't either. We need food and water and a hospitable environment to get to a point where we can do that.
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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by undersuit on Thursday March 12, 2020 @02:46PM (#22560278)
I think that's a pretty good analogy. Viruses are just as incapable of being considered life as our chromosomes are, until you give them a support network.
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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by filleduchaos on Thursday March 12, 2020 @09:06PM (#22563776)
This is a confusion of _can_ and _will_.
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