It is so cool to read from you again! I especially enjoyed the title of the current blog that is somewhat connected to that of my own blog (I promised, I had already chosen my title last Friday!). Of course, the topic here is about defining a virus as something that exists and not about any subatomic particle ;)
The most amazing discovery of this blog is that ... some people deny virus to exist. I know we can find crazy stuff online. But this was new to me. In any case, thanks for sharing this amazing piece of text, superbly written. Hopefully I will never meet Veeru in person and stay safe (I am fine to ask you to ask him questions on my behalf ;) ). By the way, where is the name Veeru coming from?
Are you back for good on STEMsocial and Hive?
Well, even I was shocked. 3 months ago when I started the series on how immune system responds to virus, I got a bunch of comments with the links challenging existence of the virus. I wrote this article back in November, but it was sitting in my draft folder waiting for edits and a depiction of veeru I asked @mycrimsonhues to create. Then my boss wanted to finish submission of our paper before holidays.
I am kind of always sticking around. Even when I am busy with work I keep checking the discord on what is going on. But yeah, I will be writing more often. 🙂
Ahaha I understand those boundary conditions that make it complicated to stay active on Hive/STEMsocial. I have been through there too, during 18 months :)
In any case, welcome back!
Initial name I choose for the virus was Vloki... Like the particulate Loki - God of mischief. But then that wasn't coming that well. Then there is this mischievous character in a classic Hindi movie - sholay named Veeru. He is impulsive, sarcastic, and always up to something crazy. He isn't a bad guy, per se, but he is a thief and kind of naughty (not in that way 😂) for sure. And virus to Veeru is kind of like calling the virus in cute way. So I imagined if that character was a virus how would it respond to my questions.
Hehehe. Thanks for explaining the plot behind the post :D