Actaully a virus is no more a crystal than one molecule of salt is. But both
form crystals when they aggregate.

Marshall

Stuff wrote:

> A virus is a crystal which I suppose is why many think it is not alive.
>
> But maybe, just maybe, it's a crystalline based life form.
>
> If that be true, it's alive.
>
> Who knows?
>
> At 09:15 AM 9/17/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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