What is a Virus?

• most scientists accept that they are not living; they are a complex collection of organic matter that is able to self-replicate
• we inhale, ingest millions of viruses every second
• they are tiny, so tiny we cannot physically see them
• consist of a shell made up of proteins that include either DNA or RNA with enzymes that help with replication and manipulation of their genetic materials
• a virus's genome is a single or double strand of genetic information which allows it to replicate itself
• viruses need a cell (a host) in order to replicate
• virus uses outer protein coat covered in small molecular receptors to connect itself to the membrane of a cell; this is important because this determines what cells viruses are able to infect
• once they have become connect, the virus forces itself inside of the cell to admit the virus and/or accept its genetic materials
• once inside, the viruses hijack the cell s (my apostrophe button is broken) DNA replication mechanism 
• after the virus has forced itself into the cell s DNA, the cell will then replicate the DNA  and use it to manufacture proteins
• the cell does not know that they are replicating this virus and making it stronger by enabling it 
• the new viruses eventually leave the cell and go to replicate on other host cells to reproduce

NOT ALL ARE BAD!

The more immunity you have, the less susceptible you are to viruses.

The less immunity you have, the more susceptible you are to viruses.