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Is a Virus Alive?
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Whether a virus counts as a living organism is genuinely open, and this course states both positions without a verdict.
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One position denies a virus life, lacking cells and reproducing only inside a host; the other grants it life, since it evolves inside a cell.
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Both positions accept the same facts about a virus; they differ only on which facts define life.