[rq1]

They shouldn’t as they have no will whatsoever, nor it is “fighting” our immune system.

If any (will), it shouldn’t be killing its host.

These are anthropomorphic reasoning and antagonisms.

[throwaway2245]

I know that some people consider it poor practice to anthropomorphise virus particles, but isn't this just an abstraction - a reasonable illustration - of what is happening?

What would you say instead, to capture these ideas, that are equally clear to everyone?