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Cattledog

(5,916 posts) Mon Mar 23, 2020, 02:54 PM Mar 2020

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The new coronavirus is one-thousandth the width of an eyelash in size and,

like other viruses, is so molecularly simple that scientists barely consider it a living organism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1440

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The new coronavirus is one-thousandth the width of an eyelash in size and, (Original Post) Cattledog Mar 2020 OP

If the molecularly simple virus can replicate and multiply, at140 Mar 2020 #1

The cell that replicates the virus is the only thing that's alive. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2020 #3

So what you're saying is that there are similarities between the new coronavirus and tRUMP's abqtommy Mar 2020 #2

at140

(6,110 posts)

1. If the molecularly simple virus can replicate and multiply,

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 02:57 PM

Mar 2020

you bet it is a living creature.

LastDemocratInSC

(3,647 posts)

3. The cell that replicates the virus is the only thing that's alive.

Reply to at140 (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 04:17 PM

Mar 2020

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

2. So what you're saying is that there are similarities between the new coronavirus and tRUMP's

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 03:12 PM

Mar 2020

brain!

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