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by dist-epoch 957 days ago
You convince the cell to bring you in.

Or you "store" energy when you are built - sars-cov-2 is built with a coiled spring which is triggered by a cell receptor when it binds. This coiled spring releases mechanical energy to force merging between virus and cell wall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Qi-hAXdJo