Viruses are on the edge of being defined as alive. They contain dna or rna, and they can reproduce, which pretty well puts thm into the category of life. They cannot reproduce without a host, but then that is true for all parasites, which are alive.
Marshall mamapug wrote: > Would the word "destroy" sit better?? > Either way, silver works!! > Marshalee > > > OK, > > My son keeps reminding me viruses are NOT alive, so how can CS be > > said to *kill* them? Anybody know or have a guess at what the > > mechanism is of CS disabling viruses? I notice in the personal studies > > many references to CS *killing* viruses but my son insists you can't > > kill something that isn't alive, so what does happen? Is this just > > sloppy wording? > > TIA, > > paula > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > >
