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Re:On Covid by mistercheph on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:05AM (#30059340)
Woah, this politifact.com fact check sorted that out. I had gotten really confused into thinking the virus did have feelings.

Thank you politifact.com political fact check fact check for checking that.

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Re:On Covid by lupire on Monday January 24, 2022 @03:11PM (#30063313)
The article actually specifically endorses anthropomorphizing viruses, because "feelings" are just a human metaphor on top of real biologic and physical processes, as how water likes to flow downhill.
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Re:On Covid by eli on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:07AM (#30059374)
Apologies, the snark is mine not theirs. My point was that the evolutionary pressure on viruses doesn't necessarily make them less serious and there are counterexamples to support that.
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