Although this is a very arguable topic, and there are many reasonable explanations to defend each side, I believe that viruses are not alive. Viruses that are in a “non-living” state are called virions. In the research, it said that they are surrounded by a shell of protein, and they are made mostly of DNA and RNA (an acid present in all living cells) and it is proven that there is no biological activity inside of them when they are in that dormant state, or not living or active. As scientists have analyzed, they are more biochemical rather that alive or living. The virions don’t become “alive” unless it meets a host cell, but many say that they are not alive thanks to the reason that they cannot reproduce. To me, reproduction is something
