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Originally Posted by TheBlazingAugust
Ignorance? Hah, I refuse to speak out of ignorance. One of the most knowledgable people on the Board has already added their input on this matter, and seeing that they are pretty calm about it, I don't think I have much to worry about. Like I said, and even you added, viruses have always been part of the whole plant world. Does that mean that someone needs goes and burn up every virused plant? Absolutely not!!!
If we did manage to get rid of every virus currently infecting cultivated orchids, guess what would happen! Within a few years there would be new strains and mutations to be found. The reason? Viruses are hard to kill most of the time, and since they are nothing much but some RNA and a protein coat, they can easily mutate, which means that they will come back with an immunity to whatever antivirus may have been made.
Think about this: humans have always been affected by viruses, but because of this did we go and kill all the infected humans because they were virused? Even nowadays, we can only try to prevent the spread of viruses, and most of the time that is ineffective. Viruses are a permanent feature of this place we call Earth. As much as I don't like to admit, we will never beat them, and they will always be there. If humans have been able to live on amidst the presence of much more deadly viruses and diseases, I'm sure our orchids will.
People's rights when it comes to buying orchids? What a joke! Should we go overrun the government and demand that we have the right to test every nursery and their plants for viruses?
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Read what you wrote again, very carefully and see if you are indeed ignorant.
By the way, there are DNA viruses also. I guess you didn't pay full attention to your high school Biology class.
Your comparison of killing all humans with viruses is just terrible also!
No need to say anything more.
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