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A lot of, probably even majority of viruses are a good thing - they add horizontal gene transfer to improve the evolution[1] and survival chances of species, so
by xvilka 4y ago
A lot of, probably even majority of viruses are a good thing - they add horizontal gene transfer to improve the evolution[1] and survival chances of species, sometimes even multiple ones at once, also making our own human virome[2].
[1] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220105111420.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220105111420.h...
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_virome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_virome