Yes, SARS-CoV-2 Is a Real Virus

Some claim the virus behind COVID-19 doesn't actually exist, yet three irrefutable facts do exist to substantiate its existence. One of those facts is that the virus has been isolated.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• SARS-CoV-2 has been isolated, photographed, genetically sequenced, and exists as a pathogenic entity

• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grows the virus in cell culture to ensure widespread availability for researchers who want to study it

• At least part of the confusion appears to be rooted in how the term “isolated” is de…