He read Chapter 2: . Viruses weren't described by their genome or capsid shape. They were described as hitchhikers . They couldn't drive, couldn't cook, couldn't even pay rent. So they crashed a cell’s party, kicked the host out of the kitchen, and started cooking copies of themselves until the whole place exploded.
His old self would have panicked. His new self closed his eyes and saw the cartoon from Chapter 9: Hantavirus — “The dusty mouse ghost.” The drawing showed a ghost-shaped virus floating out of an old box, saying “Boo! I cause respiratory distress.” microbiology made ridiculously simple latest edition
The interns would groan. Then they’d laugh. And they never forgot. He read Chapter 2: