Some people say that COVID19 has not actually ever been isolated.
Some people say that the entire genome of COVID19 is known and has been published.
I don’t really know if either claim is 100% true.
But has this “far more lethal variant” been isolated and identified? Doesn’t seem like it has. Seems like they are just “saying stuff”.
The more lethal “Indian” strain has been seen working on computers and running convenience stores.
Do you suppose Bid*n would ever block flights to the U.S. from India to reduce spread of the strain? When Trump did this with China, they all cried he was xenophobic.
It might be pointless anyway since most flights make connections elsewhere outside India before continuing to the U.S. The TSA would have to screen for Indian passports which would be labeled “racial profiling”.
“Some people say that the entire genome of COVID19 is known and has been published.”
Keeping in mind that a virus is an exceptionally tiny, simple organism - one of the smallest of all genomes. It is a trivial task for the machines that sequence genomes.
Nowadays, individual humans can get their entire personal genomes fully sequenced, for about $1,000.
COVID-19 is sequenced over 4,000 times per day, just in the US Government’s variant surveillance program. That effort has recently increased their funding, to ramp that up severalfold.
Sequencing (mapping) is how one variant is distinguished from others. Many Governments (including India) have systematic programs of sequencing samples, to monitor variants. Additionally, many private organizations (for profit and non-profit) have the capability, and are involved in COVID-19 efforts.
Arguably, COVID-19 is now among the most well known of all genomes on Earth.
Of course it’s been isolated. It’s also been imaged on both scanning and transmission electron microscopes (https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/novel-coronavirus-sarscov2-images). We’ve looked at the thing. Many times. Further, we have the entire genetic sequence. And by “we” I mean humanity. It’s free to look at: https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/covidBrowserIntro.html
The entire genome is known and has been published. Same for all known variants. It’s all at the link above so you can verify for yourself.
You’re right that there’s two separate groups on this. But one will give you verifiable facts from authoritative sources so you can see for yourself. Why? Because observable reality is usually pretty convincing to rational people. The other side will make wild and crazy claims, wild and crazy predictions, none of them will prove correct, and they’ll never acknowledge that fact. They’ll provide no evidence; just hearsay from anonymous “sources”. Or unsubstantiated opinions from “doctors” who claim light bulbs cause school shootings and people need to sleep on the ground (something called “Earthing”).
Consider the track record for any sources you use. Do they make wild and crazy claims with no evidence and never acknowledge when they’re wrong? Or do they show you actual, verifiable evidence so you can see for yourself?