Wouldn't it be strange if the virus had some sort of survival instinct and hid in order to survive. For example, it could hide in the liver or kidneys before attacking the lungs, or hide on the plastic grocery bag for 3 days. It lives on cardboard for 24 hours, plastic and metal for 72 hours.
Is this an intelligent virus? Does a virus want to survive? Does a virus look for a host? When a virus is near a moist warm nasal passage, does it get excited? When the virus enters a host, does it sit quiet until it is strong enough to attack and kill a host? Is a virus driven to kill a host even though it means self-destruction?