Hi Dr Adequate
Viruses predominantly destroy life.
This is something of a non sequitur. A carnivore like a lion, an insectivore like a shrew, or a sufficiently nasty bacterium such as
Yersinia pestis also make their living by "destroying life". This has no bearing on whether they are alive.
There is also the issue of conflating viruses found while trying to determine the causes of various illnesses and the class {all viruses}.
There may be more viruses than bacteria.
http://findarticles.com/...les/mi_m1134/is_1_108/ai_53682809
Certainly there are many we do not know about and many that seem to be essentially passive to life.
Enjoy.
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