viruses?? (Score 1)

talk of 'computer viruses' carries all of the portent and weight of polio, anthrax, German Measles and tuberculosis. Invoking these mysterious and deadly images is more colorful than tech speak, even if most of the so-called viruses are closer to the common cold than the black plague.

viruses named:
polio
common cold
German Measles

bacteria passed off as viruses:
anthrax
tuberculosis
black plague

*sigh*.