Trond Erik wrote:
>> Hello
>> I know that virus is not a living organism, but is it still normal to
> refer to a functionable virus as "living"?
>> The reason for this question is some quotas I've read in newspapers.
> It's about the danger of finding intact and active virus in a 80 year
> old grave containing corpses who died of a disease caused by this virus.
>> Commenting on this risk, many scientists referred to such viruses as
> "living". It struck me as strange to call a biological robot as being
> alive, just as strange as calling my car living when it's not broken, or
>> my computer living when it's not crashed.
>> Sincerely,
> Trond Erik Vee Aune
As you wrote you read it in a newspaper and not in ascientific journal.
Most quotes are not as accurate as they should be, I am afraid.
Stefanie
