A virus is like when you catch a cold or the chicken pox – the virus uses the cells in your body to make copies of itself so it can spread throughout your body. Bacteria on the other hand, are living microorganisms, most of which don’t harm people at all (there are exceptions, like when they cause strep throat and tuberculosis).

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