Difference between revisions of "SARS-COV-2 has never been isolated"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Created page with "'''SARS-COV-2 has never been isolated''' is a false claim made in debates around the existence of SARS-COV-2 as well as contestations of the legitimacy o...") |
m |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''SARS-COV-2 has never been isolated''' is a false claim made in debates around the [[SARS-COV-2 exists|existence of SARS-COV-2]] as well as contestations of the legitimacy of public health interventions related to SARS-COV-2. | '''SARS-COV-2 has never been isolated''' is a false claim made in debates around the [[SARS-COV-2 exists|existence of SARS-COV-2]] as well as contestations of the legitimacy of public health interventions related to SARS-COV-2. | ||
The claim can appear in a context of full denial that SARS-COV-2 exists or a denial of the causal link between SARS-COV-2 and the respiratory symptoms that it is believed to be causing. | The claim can appear in a context of full denial that SARS-COV-2 exists or a denial of the causal link between SARS-COV-2 and the respiratory symptoms that it is believed to be causing, alternative theories being provided as to the cause of such respiratory symptoms such as [[5G radiation causes SARS-COV-2 symptoms]], [[Poison causes SARS-COV-2 symptoms]] or [[Regular flu causes SARS-COV-2 symptoms]]. | ||
The claim ignores multiple reports which indicate that SARS-COV-2 has indeed been isolated. For instance, a team has sampled the virus from patients and successfully led the virus to reproduce in Vero-CCL81 and Vero E6 cells in the laboratory{{Cite web|url=https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/20-0516_article|title=Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Patient with Coronavirus Disease, United States|last=Harcourt et al.|first=|date=June 1, 2020|publisher=Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 26, Number 6|access-date=January 19, 2022}}. A team in Korea has applied the same technique to isolate SARS-COV-2 and found a similar genetic sequence to that of other countries{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7045880/|title=Identification of Coronavirus Isolated from a Patient in Korea with COVID-19|last=Kim et al.|first=|date=February 1, 2020|publisher=Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives 11:3-7|access-date=January 19, 2022}}. Two teams in Canada have done the same{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/i-study-viruses-how-our-team-isolated-the-new-coronavirus-to-fight-the-global-pandemic-133675|title=I study viruses: How our team isolated the new coronavirus to fight the global pandemic|last=Mossman|first=Karen|date=March 25, 2020|publisher=The Conversation|access-date=January 19, 2022}}. | The claim ignores multiple reports which indicate that SARS-COV-2 has indeed been isolated. For instance, a team has sampled the virus from patients and successfully led the virus to reproduce in Vero-CCL81 and Vero E6 cells in the laboratory{{Cite web|url=https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/20-0516_article|title=Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Patient with Coronavirus Disease, United States|last=Harcourt et al.|first=|date=June 1, 2020|publisher=Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 26, Number 6|access-date=January 19, 2022}}. A team in Korea has applied the same technique to isolate SARS-COV-2 and found a similar genetic sequence to that of other countries{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7045880/|title=Identification of Coronavirus Isolated from a Patient in Korea with COVID-19|last=Kim et al.|first=|date=February 1, 2020|publisher=Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives 11:3-7|access-date=January 19, 2022}}. Two teams in Canada have done the same{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/i-study-viruses-how-our-team-isolated-the-new-coronavirus-to-fight-the-global-pandemic-133675|title=I study viruses: How our team isolated the new coronavirus to fight the global pandemic|last=Mossman|first=Karen|date=March 25, 2020|publisher=The Conversation|access-date=January 19, 2022}}. | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 19 January 2022
SARS-COV-2 has never been isolated is a false claim made in debates around the existence of SARS-COV-2 as well as contestations of the legitimacy of public health interventions related to SARS-COV-2.
The claim can appear in a context of full denial that SARS-COV-2 exists or a denial of the causal link between SARS-COV-2 and the respiratory symptoms that it is believed to be causing, alternative theories being provided as to the cause of such respiratory symptoms such as 5G radiation causes SARS-COV-2 symptoms, Poison causes SARS-COV-2 symptoms or Regular flu causes SARS-COV-2 symptoms.
The claim ignores multiple reports which indicate that SARS-COV-2 has indeed been isolated. For instance, a team has sampled the virus from patients and successfully led the virus to reproduce in Vero-CCL81 and Vero E6 cells in the laboratory[1]. A team in Korea has applied the same technique to isolate SARS-COV-2 and found a similar genetic sequence to that of other countries[2]. Two teams in Canada have done the same[3].
| Statement of the claim | SARS-COV-2 has never been isolated |
| Level of certainty | False |
| Nature | Factual |
| Counterclaim | SARS-COV-2 has been isolated |
| Dependent on | |
| Dependency of |
|
References
- ↑ Harcourt et al., (June 1, 2020) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Patient with Coronavirus Disease, United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 26, Number 6. Accessed on January 19, 2022.
- ↑ Kim et al., (February 1, 2020) Identification of Coronavirus Isolated from a Patient in Korea with COVID-19. Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives 11:3-7. Accessed on January 19, 2022.
- ↑ Mossman, Karen (March 25, 2020) I study viruses: How our team isolated the new coronavirus to fight the global pandemic. The Conversation. Accessed on January 19, 2022.