why do viruses try to kill the thing keeping them alive?
In: Biology
You are making an assumption of intent with the word kill. Viruses do not even meet the basic definition of life. Thus they cannot have intent.
Viruses basically are a package of DNA or RNA with the tools to infect cell and replicate. That is literally thier only function. Death of the host life form is merely a side effect of this. At its heart it is not that different than the trillions of microgoranismed you destory everyday by walking around. You do not have intent to kill them it is just a matter of fact of your daily life processes.
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