The purpose of a virus is to replicate. The purpose of a bacteria is to replicate. They just do it the complicated way. That goes up all the way to modern hum

The purpose of a virus is to replicate. The purpose of a bacteria is to replicate. They just do it the complicated way. That goes up all the way to modern humans; on a ground level, life is about replicating your genetic information. What you do beyond that is on you.