Breaking news - viruses can distinguish between one barrier and the next!!

Tried and tested nonsense

At medical school, we were taught that viruses are not living beings. This is because they cannot reproduce on their own. They need to infect a cell and use its internal organelles to reproduce countless copies of their structures. The dying cell then releases the assembled virions into the airways, bloodstream, and anywhere else they can reach. It’s a bit like one of Henry Ford’s production lines.

Therefore, the use of terms such as “live” or “living” viruses betray abysmal ignorance or a desire to communicate simple but deeply misleading terms.

Viruses do not “behave” and do not “think” as they are not living beings. To put it another way, they have no central nervous system. Literature and mainstream media are replete, overflowing and stuff full of such nonsense. And it looks as if this nonsense is contagious. Yes, it’s spilled over to the actions of decision-makers in health systems, showing how far the race to the bottom has gone and how debased the public discourse and the managem…