[EdnaMode]

Trump's fault!

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Shut down the Solar System!

[MayflowerMadam]

Fauci is desperate.

[mylife]

[Ciaphas Cain]

Rockets returning from Mars will have to undergo a chemical cleaning involving intense heat as well.

Sounds like eating my ex-wife's chili.

[budj]

OK, so should we send the samples to Wuhan for analysis?

[crusher2013]

Which is why we need a Moon base first.

Leave the samples there for robots to examine.

Otherwise risk the Earth.

[butlerweave]

Too Late , Antarctica is covered with Martian Stuff

[z3n]

Why would there be viruses on a planet without any biological hosts????

[Dr. Sivana]

Wow. Someone has been watching a lot of 1950s b-movies.

[American in Israel]

Yeah, viruses who makes rock sick and replicate using the life forces of sand.

[ConservativeInPA]

I better self-isolate on this news. The universe is coming to an end.

[wildcard_redneck]

The whole premise of the story is ridiculous. Everything living on earth is the surviving end product of 3.8 billion year-old, no-holds-barred, death match in environments can be as extreme as anything found on Mars. Any virus in clump of rock from a desiccated and dead world would have no chance.

The true story would be “Virus from Mars makes an appearance and gets eaten by nearly everything.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

"ULLA!"

[Zathras]

Its unlikely a virus could last long in a near vacuum, without a host and bombarded by UV and cosmic rays for several billion years.

I still remember when I was in college.
All the “journalism” majors took Geology 101 for their “Science Elective” because it was the easiest one to pass.
I took it because I was considering going into Petroleum Engineering.
Decided on Electronics instead.

[a fool in paradise]

>>Researchers say that when humans return from a planned visit to Mars in the 2030s,

One way trip.

And even the Apollo astronauts were quarantined.

Also see
The Andromeda Strain (1971) Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMbSpnlOOtE

[moovova]

Under a microscope, scientists discover Mars virus germs...

[LouieFisk]

The Moon rocks were put under quarantine, along with the astronauts, during the Apollo era due to the same concerns. I remember it well.
https://www.space.com/apollo-11-astronauts-quarantined-after-splashdown.html

[Leep]

In his State of the Union Address in response to allegation of viruses to being brought to Earth by Martians the President of Mars responded, Ack ack ack ack...and then killed everyone in the room with a death ray.

[I want the USA back]

What will it be? Marsvid-20?

Just spray the danmed thing with bleach!

[Rio]

Could be the virus is what killed all of the Martians.