NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses are not made out of cells, they can’t keep themselves in a stable state, they don’t grow, and they can’t make their own energy. Even though they definitely replicate and adapt to their environment, viruses are more like androids than real living organisms.

Detailed explanation-2: -Viruses are not classified as being alive because they don’t have their own machinery for reproducing. They can only take over the machinery of cells, turning them into virus factories. Q. A virus is considered as a living organism and an obligate parasite when inside a host cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -Viruses also lack the properties of living things: They have no energy metabolism, they do not grow, they produce no waste products, and they do not respond to stimuli. They also don’t reproduce independently but must replicate by invading living cells.