State whether the following statement is true or false:
All viruses live outside host cells whereas bacteria very rarely do.

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(FALSE) The statement is $False$.
Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites,meaning they can only replicate and survive inside the living cells of a host. They are metabolically inactive outside the host cell.
Conversely,many bacteria are free-living organisms that can survive and reproduce in various environments outside of a host,such as soil,water,or decaying organic matter.

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