Is a virus alive?

[Oladele A. OGUNSEITAN]

On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, R. BAKER wrote:

> Is a virus a living organism or not???  A virus can reproduce only in a 
> host cell and must rely on the host cell's metabolism.  What constitues a 
> virus as alive or non-living????
> russ
> 
> 


Is a human being alive or not ???  A human can reproduce only on Earth 
and must rely on  metabolic reactions of other organisms (plants etc.)

Hope this response helps!

_ Dele