Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1

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12 Jun 2025, 4:58 pm

Exactly.

There are a number of structures in a bacteria that have no counterpart in a virus. No virus is suddenly going to acquire those structures to become a bacteria.

Unlike viruses, bacteria are not only self contained living things, they are the dominant form of life on Earth. Viruses, on the other hand, must infect a living cell to be replicated.