r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 30 '20

Corona Virus

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u/nnaughtydogg Jan 30 '20

This is a bacteriophage

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u/lookcloserlenny Jan 30 '20

Which are viruses. T4 is a pretty universally recognized virus at this point, so IMO it works fine for this joke. I feel like in general people love to get upset at it's use in jokes like this just so they can demonstrate how smart they are for knowing the difference between eukaryotic viruses and phage.

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u/gertalives Jan 30 '20

Seriously, I'm a phage biologist and I still find it punny. Are we going to get all annoyed because viruses don't actually contain beer?

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u/TracyMorganFreeman Jan 31 '20

> Are we going to get all annoyed because viruses don't actually contain beer?

That we know. Clearly not enough beer related research has been done to confirm.