
Virus Appreciation Day
October 3
An event every year that begins at 00:00 on day 3 of October, repeating indefinitely

When: October 3 |
Where: 🌐 Everywhere |
First occurrence: ❓ |
Most of us only heard about viruses in negative ways. Especially since the pandemic. But scientist studying viruses discover new things almost every day about these mysterious tiny somethings that we hesitate to call organisms or even wonder if they can even be called lifeforms. Viruses exist in a twilight zone between our perception of living creatures and lifeless matter. What are they and what can we learn from them? |
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One important part in history that a virus was put to good use was when the cowpox virus was used to combat the deadly smallpox virus. Thanks to cowpox, smallpox was even declared eradicated in the early 1980ies. Cowpox is still not a very nice virus to many animals, but we got to choose between two evils and got rid of the worst of the two. 🦠 Research on viruses continues. |
#VirusAppreciationDay #NationalVirusAppreciationDay |
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