Yesterday, viruses had been responsible for infectious disease. The virus was known as a "contagion." Today, The American Cancer Society says that viruses cause cancer.

In the Covidian Age, anything goes.

So blame it all on a virus!  A virus is too small to notice, even with a microscope. And why would anyone question the wisdom of the experts, the only ones who claim to see these viruses?

Scientists claim that both DNA and RNA viruses have been shown to be capable of causing cancer in humans.

What virus? Where?

Previously, a virus could not survive outside a cell.

That's because a virus is a particle, not an organism. It must use a cell's organelles to function and survive.

If a virus cannot escape a living cell alive, then how does a virus spread disease? How does a virus cause cancer?

A wild virus would first need to be isolated and identified.

But that only happens in theory.

What is a Virus?

According to scientific consensus, a virus is an obligate intracellular pathogen. That means a virus is obligated to live forever within the confines of a cell membrane, its prison cell.

Viruses do not have enzymes required to reproduce. They do not have reproductive organs or a nervous system. They do not have a brain or a heart. Only inside a cell are viruses capable of replicating, which can eventually kill the cell. Then, they, too, die. Thus, a virus is completely dependent on the cell's envelope for its survival.