• Question: what is the worst virus you can get ?

    Asked by cookie monster to Deborah, Euan, Maheen, Rob, Stu on 17 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Deborah Prunty

      Deborah Prunty answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      I’m not sure, but probably a retrovirus like HIV. Retroviruses insert themselves into your DNA so that all your new cells are made already containing them. This makes them impossible to cure with the medicines that we have now.

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