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I agree, a very freeing paradigm shift

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The evidence for viruses is irrepressible and conforms to all the observed data. Larger viruses can be observed under an optical microscope. Optical super resolution techniques can resolve in real time 10-20 nm objects, much smaller than a 120 nm virus. They can track the trajectory of 8 nm spike protein. Modern genetic sequencing is performed using single whole viruses, without the need for cultivation first. This system is called single-cell genome sequencing and enables scientists to sample the genetics of complete virus without cultivation. Unfortunately, the Baileys, Kaufman, Massey, Cowan are unaware of these facts.

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Thanks for sharing this information! How does this genome sequencing differentiate between a virus and other cellular byproducts or components of the same size? To my knowledge, the scientific method been not been used to show that these suspected viruses are:

1. The cause of disease.

2. Transmissible from person to person.

However, if you have information that shows otherwise, I'd love to see it.

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Koch's postulates are a faulty yardstick used by those believing viruses don't exist. Read up on giant viruses to learn of the existence of viruses in the first place. There are many peer-reviewed articles online if you really want to discover those facts. You don't need me to refer you to them. A person with common sense does not need lab information or studies to understand the reality of contagion, although you will find that if you look too. The primitive idea of contagion from observing several children developing symptoms of chickenpox at a chickenpox party is at a higher level of understanding than thinking some other random influence was the cause. Telling someone who contracted genital herpes from a partner who has an outbreak, that they really did not because contagion is a myth doesn't hold water either for lay people or scientists.

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Thank you for providing such an excellent example of a straw man argument, which I will use as inspiration for further articles on this important topic 💝

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I guess you don't want to do the research on giant viruses, which would provide the proof for you that viruses do indeed exist, not a strawman argument at all, just facts. You are entitled to your beliefs though.

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Contagion hasn't been shown though, using scientific methods....

There's a dissonance here, on one hand defering to 'common sense' , while on another pointing to scientific 'articles', albeit generally.

Has the HSV after been photographed, asking for a friend, wants to compare, reckons he has a giant virus on his co....

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It shown every time someone contracts an illness from another, no lab studies needed. Although there are plenty, even videos of viruses infecting bacteria and replicating.

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The sun travels around the earth, it's common sense, no need for any 'studies', we human's have our senses, our ears and eyes, kind of god-like really.

Ah listen, have a wonder about why your common sense contagion can't be replicated in, not a lab necessarily, but in controlled conditions, seems like it would be a doddle eh, maybe you solve the puzzle, oh and send us on a nice picture of that virus giant for the scrap book, I kid I kid 😁

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You don't believe in viruses; I won't convince you otherwise. Even if you looked at a giant virus under a scope, it would not land for you. No point arguing, we won't find a meeting of the minds on this one.

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