That didn't isolate the virus. It was drawn from lung fluid with various other genetic materials. Its hard for me to see how they separated it from that.
The genome was a computer generated sequence.
I wouldn't assume it's true. Of course I know they claimed to have isolated it.
because the actual virus wasn't isolated (just a sequence they in put into a computer. They were never able to inject it into a healthy specimen to see if that person/animal becomes ill.
The pcr test that what was used to test the virus was unable to do that job. A test that the inventor said was not a test but a dna amplification tool. So how was a test that doesn't test for viruses proof that someone has the virus.
The pcr did not need to find the whole sequence. It only needed to find a fragment of the said virus, for someone to have claimed to be covid 19 positive.
This could have included broken off dead pieces of it from months before. This is why so many people were testing positive when completely healthy.
I'm not sure if they have ever successfully isolated a virus.
Obviously people will look at the official line on isolation and agree with. It's been on the Internet since 2020. It doesn't make sense to me
I'm not remotely qualified to argue it, but here's what ChatGPT said:
1. “The genome was computer-generated”
No — the sequence wasn't invented by a computer. A computer was used to
assemble, analyse and compare sequence data obtained from biological samples.
Researchers extracted RNA from patient specimens, sequenced the RNA and assembled the resulting reads into a genome. That sequence could then be compared against samples from other patients. This is standard genomic sequencing, not scientists inventing a sequence and then assuming the virus exists.
And importantly, this wasn't a single computer-generated sequence. SARS-CoV-2 genomes were subsequently obtained independently from huge numbers of patient samples around the world, and those sequences form a coherent evolutionary family.
2. “It wasn't isolated because the sample contained other genetic material”
That's not what “virus isolation” means in virology.
A clinical specimen obviously contains thousands of things besides the virus — human cells, bacteria, other RNA, etc. The point of isolation is to recover and propagate the virus from that mixture, typically by inoculating susceptible cell cultures and demonstrating viral replication.
That was done with SARS-CoV-2. There are published studies specifically describing the isolation and culture of infectious SARS-CoV-2 from patient specimens. This isn't dependent on PCR alone.
There are also electron-microscopy studies showing coronavirus particles in infected cells.
So saying “the original sample contained other genetic material” doesn't demonstrate that the virus wasn't present in it — that's simply what you'd expect from a biological sample.
3. “They never injected it into a healthy specimen to see if it causes illness”
That's a different question.
You don't need to infect a human being to establish that a virus exists. And “is the virus real?” and “does this virus cause this particular disease?” are separate scientific questions.
Researchers have demonstrated SARS-CoV-2 replication in cell cultures and conducted animal infection studies. Human causation is established through multiple lines of evidence rather than requiring scientists to deliberately infect healthy people.
In fact, demanding human experimentation as the necessary proof would be an extraordinary standard that isn't applied to essentially any newly discovered human pathogen.
4. “PCR isn't a test; Kary Mullis said PCR was just an amplification tool”
The first half is technically true but the conclusion doesn't follow.
PCR
is an amplification technique. That's precisely why it's useful as a diagnostic test.
Think of it like a fingerprint: the machine isn't somehow looking at an entire person. It's looking for specific genetic sequences associated with the target organism and amplifying them so they can be detected.
Modern SARS-CoV-2 NAAT/PCR tests were designed around specific sequences in the virus's genome. The CDC describes these tests as detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA sequences and uses them as diagnostic tests.
And PCR isn't unique to COVID. The same basic principle has been used diagnostically for decades for viruses including influenza, RSV, HIV and others.
5. “PCR only finds a fragment, so it could be dead virus”
This is actually the strongest point you've made — but again, it doesn't establish what you're claiming.
Yes:
PCR can detect viral RNA without proving that infectious, live virus is present. Someone can continue to have detectable viral RNA after they are no longer infectious. The CDC explicitly acknowledges this, including that viral RNA can remain detectable for considerably longer than the period of infectiousness.
That's a limitation of PCR that scientists have always understood.
But it doesn't mean that the RNA is random genetic material.
The test is designed to detect particular sequences belonging to SARS-CoV-2. And importantly, PCR results weren't the only evidence for infection. Researchers also used viral culture, sequencing, antigen detection, serology, microscopy, clinical presentation and epidemiological transmission patterns.