The Virgin Virus vs The Chad Prion

The Virgin Virus The Chad Prion deactivated by extreme temperatures can be easily quarantined by burning all contaminated material can only survive inside certain fluids dead strains can be used to immunize the host against it needs to be housed in a protein body easily detectable by testing for its nucleic acids can't even reproduce without a host cell only transmissable via specialized routes needs special containment labs virtually indestructible too small to detect just one molecule survives incineration and remains infectious spits in the face of conventional biology is just a common protein but folded wrong can't be tested for until the host is already dead can sporadically appear in a host for no reason basically immortal keeps replicating even in dead protein matter doesn't need nucleic acids can kill you in a month or wait 40 years til you think you're safe to incubate

The meme compares a fragile, conventional virus with an absurdly powerful prion using the Virgin vs Chad format. The virus has familiar weaknesses, while the prion is portrayed as nearly indestructible, mysterious, and biologically unfair. It is used as a humorous reaction to something unexpectedly resilient or dangerous.

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