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A virus is a micro-organism which causes disease by landing on a cell, breaking into it, then forcing the cell to make copies of it. The cell dies of exaustion, and the copies of the virus (plus the original virus) go on to other cell to wreak havok upon. An epidemic on the other hand, is when lots of people in the same area (though it may eventually spead out), aren't immune to a highly contagious disease allowing it to spread widely around an area.

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