It has to be said that generally we are not welcome.
We certainly get a bad press. If we are not managed, and we can be managed, the results can be less than favourable. The fact is there are a hell of a lot of us and we’ve been around for a hell of a long time. Our saving grace is that some of us are here to do essential work. We just love replicating inside living cells. In fact, the cells of an organism is where those of my sort most like to be. It’s not just humans, we can do this with just about any living thing. When you think about it, it’s pretty exciting, us being sub-microscopic.
The truth is, if all of us suddenly disappeared overnight, humans would die out in a couple of days. So, when it comes right down to it, overall, viruses do more good than bad.
For goodness sake, just get on and manage us!