I keep seeing the assertion that the virus has not been isolated, yet researchers can capture live virus samples in feces and describe individual features of the virus. Everything is a pile of misinformation.
I believe what is meant is that there is no qualified isloate of the virus. This would involve taking a specimen from an infected person whom is showing symptoms and then culturing the virus from this specimen.
I have read that health authorities do not have such an isolate. The vaccines were created using a genetic sequence published in China and not using a qualified isolate as I understand that discussion.
Given that there are millions of dollars in bounty for creation of an isolate unclaimed this seems plausible, but I do not follow this in detail.
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