> viruses can survive, propagate These are the same. Viruses are closer to self propogating exploitations of protein creation mechanisms. They cause their pro

> viruses can survive, propagate These are the same. Viruses are closer to self propogating exploitations of protein creation mechanisms. They cause their proteins to be replicated by these mechanisms, and statistics takes care of the rest, clicking the fragments together, creating a new virus, floating about, using other exploitations along the way, and the process repeats. In all stages, there're "just" bits of protein.