eli5: If viruses aren’t living organisms like bacteria and parasites, how can it be airborne? Viruses can only survive in the body, so how can it be lingering around outside of the body?

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eli5: If viruses aren’t living organisms like bacteria and parasites, how can it be airborne? Viruses can only survive in the body, so how can it be lingering around outside of the body?

In: Biology

Answer 1

If it helps – since viruses aren’t alive, the term ‘dead’ doesn’t really apply to them. I believe the work used is ‘deactivated’