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Viruses - like mosquitos.. can anyone pontificate the downside to wiping viruses out
by calvinmorrison 4y ago
Viruses - like mosquitos.. can anyone pontificate the downside to wiping viruses out
- acyou 4y agoHere's some pontificating: Viruses form a part of a control system for themselves and for higher and larger life forms. If any system becomes unstable, or if one organism starts dominating or growing out of control, the other organisms have an evolutionarily created self interest in bringing things back into balance. Viruses play a huge part in this self regulation mechanism. Eliminating viruses would have the unfortunate effect of decreasing overall system stability for biological systems at every level.
- paulstovell 4y agoFascinating!
- throwaway81523 4y agoViruses like other microbes are important to the biology of larger organisms. E.g. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000028 https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/jou...