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mullingitovertoday at 3:11 AM1 replyview on HN

That's a broken analogy because everyone has the 'computer,' which in this situation is cells which are capable of being infected.


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apparenttoday at 4:36 AM

It's not clear my analogy is more broken than yours, which is taken to task elsewhere in this thread. You can't get an STD because your neighbor has unsafe sex; your house can burn down because your neighbor smokes in bed.