[mistercheph]

Woah, this politifact.com fact check sorted that out. I had gotten really confused into thinking the virus did have feelings.

Thank you politifact.com political fact check fact check for checking that.

[lupire]

The article actually specifically endorses anthropomorphizing viruses, because "feelings" are just a human metaphor on top of real biologic and physical processes, as how water likes to flow downhill.

[eli]

Apologies, the snark is mine not theirs. My point was that the evolutionary pressure on viruses doesn't necessarily make them less serious and there are counterexamples to support that.