Note from the editors: you are welcome here whether you believe viruses exist or if you believe they don't. In fact the editors of this channel disagree on this issue on different levels, not solely at a scientific level, which does not represent ultimate knowledge in any shape or form, but a method, but also at a cultural and language and meaning level, and therefore we accommodate both sides of the argument on both channel and comments.

The last thing we want to do is have a unified view on this issue which stifles different views or becomes a new dogma in itself.