Vaccines cause autism

[Brickitect]

Just for you, Betel.
Saw dis on facebook and I just had to post it, for betel.

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[Clear Glass]

Isn't that the lil stuff from Jimmy Neutron?

[Checko2100]

I thought blf caused autism

[Brickitect]

I thought blf caused autism

Add that to the list.

[Harm94]

Isn't that the lil stuff from Jimmy Neutron?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage

[$trinick]

Isn't that the lil stuff from Jimmy Neutron?

No, that's the actual shape of a lot of viriuses. Jimmy Neutron was just scientifically correct in their drawing of a virus.

[Blocky943]

inb4 gothboy agreeing with the viruses

[Clear Glass]

No, that's the actual shape of a lot of viriuses. Jimmy Neutron was just scientifically correct in their drawing of a virus.

Oh well stuff, that's interesting. Never actually heard of them other than in Jimmy Neutron.

[Refticus]

i'm a bacteria and i approve of this message

[Honno]

Oh well stuff, that's interesting. Never actually heard of them other than in Jimmy Neutron.

Its actually really cool that they look a lot like nanomachines from some science fiction movie.

[WaterOre]

Its actually really cool that they look a lot like nanomachines from some science fiction movie.

Who says viruses aren't just organic nanomachines? We're not even sure if they're alive or not.

[$trinick]

Who says viruses aren't just nanomachines? We're not even sure if they're alive or not.

Not true. Viruses aren't alive.

[Compy]

makes me wonder what defines alive

[Honno]

Viruses aren't alive because they are not made up of cells, which are considered to be the smallest unit of life. Instead they attach to a 'host cell', and inject their DNA or RNA. The host cell basically bursts out with new viruses, which then find new host cells.

[redoctober2009]

Not true. Viruses aren't alive.

The answer to the question of whether or not viruses qualify as "alive" is still a subject of debate among modern biologists, and depending on which definition of "alive" you use, they could be said to go either way. They meet most of the technical qualifiers of life other than the ability to reproduce, although they do reproduce parasitically by modifying the genetic makeup of host cells. Whether or not this qualifies as an ability to reproduce is yet-to-be-decided among the scientific community. In short, there is no definitively correct statement as to whether or not viruses truly are "alive", though the technical evidence shows that they are not.

makes me wonder what defines alive

http://www.ck12.org/biology/Characteristics-of-Life/lesson/Characteristics-of-Life-Advanced/r13/