A viral process is one that has the potential to spread very quickly in a conducive environment, which does not encounter any barrier to lodge in a host. For this process to occur, a germ or bacteria, the host, the means of propagation and the route of entry to the healthy or free organism are required. This process today is similar to what happens with some videos on social networks whose spread is so fast that it resembles the incursion of a virus in a population. By the way, have you seen the latest viral video on Facebook?
What is viral
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A virus is an entity that causes a contagious disease that makes a host sick and is capable of multiplying in an environment that it considers conducive very quickly. The body of the host or the person has acquired the virus, it also has the ability to repel it, that is where the system in charge of maintaining harmony and balance in the body (immune system) comes into action, which, through the T cells, ingests or it eats the virus and eliminates the infection if said system is strengthened, that is, sufficiently nourished.
It is said that "x" virus requires certain conditions for its incursion into the host in order for its subsequent transmission and spread. These conditions are: the amount of virus, the route of penetration, the rate of multiplication and expansion, the immune response, age, nutritional status, race and environment. There are also weak or fragile and tenacious or resistant viruses, the fragile ones are transmitted by direct contact from one individual to another and the resistant ones do so through a medium and indirectly.
In the case of fragile viruses, they spread when there are many individuals in a closed room and there are one or more infected, cases such as: lechina, rubella, measles. On the other hand, when it comes to resistant viruses, since they do not perish because they are unwrapped or naked, they can last a long time in a place such as in a swimming pool and when a healthy individual enters there is a possibility that they will become infected.
There is talk of a viral process when a virus spreads between hosts and promptly a large number of individuals have contracted the pathogen, it is the ability to multiply in a population that determines that "x" set of symptoms corresponds to a viral disease.
Viral disease
A viral disease is one produced by a germ or bacteria, whether fragile or resistant, that has not encountered any impediment on the part of the individual's immune system, has lodged in a host and also has a great potential to spread. The set of specific symptoms is what determines the diagnosis of the condition, indicating what it is.
For an individual to get sick, the virus must enter their body, through what is known as entry or penetration routes, these are: the conjunctiva that receives infections such as conjunctivitis (highly contagious) produced by adenovirus (among others), the skin, the respiratory tract, the digestive tract, and the genital tract; being the most common in affecting the respiratory and digestive tracts. The child population is the most prone to contracting viral diseases because they are easy reservoirs, reservoirs or receptacles for diseases since they frequently develop an infectious disease that occurs almost imperceptibly in the young host. That is why vaccines are an excellent preventive strategy for childhood diseases.
As an example of viral diseases, mention may be made of lechina, measles, rubella, mumps, meningitis, influenza, gastroenteritis, rhinitis, mononucleosis, type “a” and type “b” hepatitis, etc.
Structure and classification of viruses
The viral in social networks
It is said that information is viral on social networks depending on the speed with which it is disseminated and the reach of the population it covers in a short amount of time. Platforms such as YouTube and social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and others; They are in charge of spreading information on a large scale among their users.
In the case of the videos spread through YouTube, the speed with which they have traveled all over the planet has caused astonishment, an effect studied by different companies that have found a fast, cheap and enjoyable way to promote their productions. Marketing strategies are implemented and that allow information to spread similarly to how viruses spread is what in the computer environment is known as viral marketing, this is how viral videos appear on YouTube.
For the publication of a video to be considered highly viewed or viral on social networks, it must have a couple of very noticeable qualities that form the basis of the product, these are: “ originality ” and “novelty”. What is required to run a campaign on the networks? It is recommended that it be shocking, of short duration, of unbeatable quality, use of short clear phrases that contain the key to what you want to project, that it be very precise, be placed on the networks that allow you the greatest number of views, with the In order that they can comment on it, first of all try to make it something that has not been shown before.
It is known from viral videos in the 90s, and YouTube was only launched in 2005, that is, they anticipated the creation of networks or sharing sites, hence this terminology is relatively new, talk about memes, virality, visitors, views, likes, etc. Some of them are even educational content but mostly their purpose is entertainment and in the case of some companies it is also used in the area of digital marketing, campaigns, and others.
When talking about viral Video on Facebook today, it is understood that they are videos that spread very quickly in a collective way, so much so that they even manage to be shared by blogs, digital press, television. Most of these videos are created by anonymous people, some are funny, others curious, emotional, sobering, etc.
It is important that caregivers, parents or adults responsible for minors, are aware of what material they are consuming since there is also violent content and often censored, so supervision is essential.
Computer virus
In the world of computing there are viruses, nothing related to the concepts of viral in the networks, rather it is linked to a type of program elaborated with the intention of damaging other computers by damaging the information, thus causing serious inconvenience to users. There are also programs that are a kind of preventive vaccine against these malicious viruses, known as antivirus, which are capable of detecting and blocking them so that they do not harm the computer.
Examples of viral videos
In the modern age of the internet, it is normal for some videos to go viral, being able to reach millions of people who in turn share them and generate the need for others to see the content. Most of them have humorous content, such as “ Puro Mexican humor ”, “el mexicanazo”, “kokocrack”, “Vinemanía”, etc. But there are also cases of very famous videos of sensitive content on the net, such as the video of the viral girl that deals with a criminal case of child pornography, and the viral bachelorette party that is about infidelity at a bachelorette party.
In turn, there are websites that serve as a channel to view videos, funny images and memes as a distraction method, such is the case of viral recreation, which also offers a section on Facebook where people share funny experiences without the intention of spreading them. on a large scale, but it is often the case that it does, leading to viral home videos.
In the same sense, Viral Video 2018 is one of the most common searches in the media, demonstrating the extent of spread of the videos on the different platforms, being the favorite of many YouTube.
In Mexico, viral memes are funny illustrations or images, in most cases, satirical, that circulate in different networks and are also known as viral Meme.
