All this talk if parasites has me asking if what we attribute to viruses is actually caused by microscopic parasites. Transmission makes a whole lot more sense and watching how covid spread during lockdpwk makes a strong case that it is a parasite
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There’s a theory that what we call “viruses” are really just the body’s response to another underlying ailment. In a sense, they arrive on the scene like firefighters to fight the disease. But we see the symptoms and we see the ‘virus’ in the blood and just assume they’re causing the symptoms.
A few years ago I would have thought this was crazy, but now who knows...