Are viruses dead or alive? And why does it matter?
Even the most prominent virologists admit viruses are not alive but they also believe that somehow, but yet to be identified mechanism, viruses get "resurrected" inside a host
While there is still an ongoing discussion whether viruses exist, one point is undeniable even by most prominent virologists, like professor Vincent Racaniello: Viruses are dead particles that need to come alive to do what virologists claim they do; infect, replicate, spread and kill the host sometimes. Therefore, a resurrection of dead viruses of some kind is required.
Dead virus resurrection theory video by professor Vincent Racaniello
Why do viruses need to be alive? One of the main reasons is that it is believed that viruses infect the host cell, steal its machinery in order to make copies of themselves to spread to survive and then to ‘decide’ whether to kill the host or not. These functions can only be ascribed to animate life-systems rather than dead particles viruses are described to be.
While professor Racaniello is not alone in the attempts to explain the “virus resurrection” the mechanism (s) of this supposed resurrection is yet to be identified or even explained.
Dr. Robert Melone also attempted to explain this obvious problem in virology by trying to blur the clear distinction between dead and alive lifes systems. At the 13 minute mark of this video Dr. Malone calls viruses self-replication genes and goes on with his version of virus resurrection theory:
Dr. Robert Malone describes viruses as self-replicating genes
The problem of whether viruses are dead or alive can have a major impact on so-called viral pandemics, like the one supposedly caused by a novel virus SARS CoV-2. If viruses are dead particles, how could they cause pandemics if they can’t infect the host, steal its machinery in order to replicate and spread? On the other hand, if viruses are dead, why do they need to be killed by cleaning or sterilizing agents, prevented from infection by medications or vaccines or killing the host?
Why do disinfecting wipes need to kill already dead viruses?
Perhaps an even more profound question remains: Is virology a science, or science-fiction since virology’s fundamental dogma remains in the realm of belief, or faith, rather than theory supported by the scientific method.
What do you think?
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Hi Tomas,
Just discovered your newsletter through the comments at Steve Kirsch's site.
And, I just read this short but very important article - thank you for posting it!
Back in March of 2020, I read various articles about viruses, trying to understand what they are and how they work. I even purchased and read a 1980-vintage textbook on virology to get a better understanding.
Based upon my research, in my opinion viruses do exist (with something like 100 trillion of them on and in our bodies), but I do not believe they are living organisms, as they appear to have no metabolic function. The "exosome theory" of viruses, which goes back to the early 1970s as far as I can tell, seems like the most reasonable explanation, but does not explain very well how viruses can be pathogenic - especially how they can "take over" cells to reproduce themselves. So we have a lot to learn.