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Which could be a reason viruses are considered nonliving things?

which could be a reason virus are considered non living things

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Viruses are not alive because they lack some of the key characteristics of living organisms, such as a cytoplasm of organelles. They cannot carry out cellular functions such as metabolism and homeostasis.
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