This needs to be said.
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 has been cultured/isolated/purified countless times by independent research groups across numerous countries over the past 2 years.
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 has been cultured/isolated/purified countless times by independent research groups across numerous countries over the past 2 years.
There’s probably someone in the Boston area handling a SARS-CoV-2 isolate from a patient at this very moment as I tweet.
No one has patented the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
There is no virus that meets Koch’s postulates, which were invented before discovery of viruses. (Even some bacteria haven’t met Koch’s postulates.) Yet so many viruses have been isolated and are real.
There is no virus that meets Koch’s postulates, which were invented before discovery of viruses. (Even some bacteria haven’t met Koch’s postulates.) Yet so many viruses have been isolated and are real.
Can't believe I'm promoting an explainer by virologist Vincent Racaniello, but this is a very clear explanation of what a virus isolate is:
Labs around the world have shared isolates of SARS-CoV-2 with each other.
If you have a Covid-19 patient who recently developed symptoms, it's very likely you can isolate SARS-CoV-2 virus from them.
It's a reproducible, easy thing to do.
It's a reproducible, easy thing to do.
There's only so much "Covid doesn't exist" or "SARS-CoV-2 doesn't cause Covid" a scientist can take 🥲
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