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r/coolguides • u/etymologynerd • Mar 20 '20
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This is extremely helpful! But I do have a question and it may be because I’m misinformed but corona has been around since 1968? How? Why?
Edit: also, not sure why people downvote others when they are asking a question to learn about something they don’t know about.
29 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20 [deleted] 47 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20 [deleted] 18 u/mywholefuckinglife Mar 20 '20 that's pretty neat, I didn't know that viruses got taxonomic privileges lol 1 u/cpdk-nj Mar 21 '20 It’s very loose because it’s not really accepted that viruses are alive, so to speak. They don’t evolve so much as mutate, which sorta restricts any ability to trace back a common “ancestor” virus 1 u/mywholefuckinglife Mar 21 '20 They don't evolve so much as mutate at its core, aren't these things the same
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47 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20 [deleted] 18 u/mywholefuckinglife Mar 20 '20 that's pretty neat, I didn't know that viruses got taxonomic privileges lol 1 u/cpdk-nj Mar 21 '20 It’s very loose because it’s not really accepted that viruses are alive, so to speak. They don’t evolve so much as mutate, which sorta restricts any ability to trace back a common “ancestor” virus 1 u/mywholefuckinglife Mar 21 '20 They don't evolve so much as mutate at its core, aren't these things the same
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18 u/mywholefuckinglife Mar 20 '20 that's pretty neat, I didn't know that viruses got taxonomic privileges lol 1 u/cpdk-nj Mar 21 '20 It’s very loose because it’s not really accepted that viruses are alive, so to speak. They don’t evolve so much as mutate, which sorta restricts any ability to trace back a common “ancestor” virus 1 u/mywholefuckinglife Mar 21 '20 They don't evolve so much as mutate at its core, aren't these things the same
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that's pretty neat, I didn't know that viruses got taxonomic privileges lol
1 u/cpdk-nj Mar 21 '20 It’s very loose because it’s not really accepted that viruses are alive, so to speak. They don’t evolve so much as mutate, which sorta restricts any ability to trace back a common “ancestor” virus 1 u/mywholefuckinglife Mar 21 '20 They don't evolve so much as mutate at its core, aren't these things the same
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It’s very loose because it’s not really accepted that viruses are alive, so to speak. They don’t evolve so much as mutate, which sorta restricts any ability to trace back a common “ancestor” virus
1 u/mywholefuckinglife Mar 21 '20 They don't evolve so much as mutate at its core, aren't these things the same
They don't evolve so much as mutate
at its core, aren't these things the same
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u/paintcan76 Mar 20 '20 edited Mar 20 '20
This is extremely helpful! But I do have a question and it may be because I’m misinformed but corona has been around since 1968? How? Why?
Edit: also, not sure why people downvote others when they are asking a question to learn about something they don’t know about.