How can this be? If it infects your cells then your cells are not functioning properly. What am I missing here?
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I believe that what is meant is that the virus is able to get inside the cell and live there despite the cell or bodies’ defense against such intrusion. So, you’d find this virus inside cells but no disease or pathogenic indications - the cell tolerates the presence of the virus. As another FReeper noted - this doesn’t always remain static and the virus can mutate or adapt to cause problems not previously experienced. But it’s possible we would be willing to swap that risk and or problem in place of cancer.
The dreaded ampersand has come back to haunt me. Yeah, you got me ace...