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VIRUS FACTS


Virus facts:

*Viruses are not alive. They need a host cell to survive.

*When you sneeze you send off enough aerosol to infect 1000 people. 

*The largest virus is about 800nm and the smallest is is around 20nm. 

*You are currently infected with millions of viruses that are not causing you any harm. 

*Most viruses are not bad, and some have even achieved actual symbiosis with their hosts and their hosts require to be infected by the virus to live.

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