Are humans a virus?

United States
May 14, 2008 5:59pm CST
Some time back I read that humans have some of the same DNA as a typical virus. So do you think we are the planet's virus?
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• United States
20 May 08
Yes, if you're also willing to say that viruses are humans.
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• United States
20 May 08
We certainly have performed like the earth's virus. We seem to have conquered sucking the life out of it slowly but surely!
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@j_thomas (957)
• India
23 Oct 08
No human are not virus,if u see virus it is just small Dna segment or rna segment with reverse trascriptase enzyme,Virus can not survive outside the host,wehereas human have more than 3 billion bases and more than 30,000 genes sars carona virus is 27000 bases with only 3 genes u can compare are arrive to conclusion
@systems (459)
• India
19 May 08
Some viruses doesn't have DNA but have RNA instead. All the Living organisms have DNA and/or RNA. There is still an unresolved debate going on whether a virus be considered as an organism or a particle. Now you only tel. Are we planet's virus? Some people behave like virus. But it is different.
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
14 May 08
If it is, I would not know, but we do have many diseases here on earth. So if there is a virus, then I can't be too sure..
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