[blackdog]

A virus is not a living organism. It is a protein shell with some DNA inside. Effecting either the shell or the DNA render it non viable. You really can't kill something that's not living. Adaptations may let it remain viable for a thousand years in the right medium, temperature, and ph balance.

Nasty little "things". Their simplicity is their key to keeping us company. Once we have an immune system that has been programmed with the ability to identify it and the white cells eat it up and die in the process of getting rid of it, the problem is solved.

It's been said that at any given time we have 40 immune system magic bullets in our white cell army inside the body. That army continuously issues orders to remove the plans to kill the thing they least see and dealt with the longest time ago in favor of updating the orders to new exposures and reprogramming those white cells to do their job. The problem is that Ebola is not recognized. It's been around a long time and you would think that immune systems would have kicked in by now?

[Black Agnes]

https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Infection_Mechanism_of_Genus_Ebolavirus

Maybe you were the one who posted that most highly interesting page.

Very interesting indeedy.

[metmom]

It could be that its such an efficient killer that it doesn’t allow for survival of the fittest to allow those most resistant to reproduce.