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2024-02-26 11:04:21 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 97A8B0FFA37E856E478FF8D7CBECA497D3A0CD06BC2BD09E6561766665D1934D
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False Viruses exist and cause diseases. https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/no-contagion-and-germ-theory-not-myth-and-viruses-do-cause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_virology https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/how-scientists-identify-virus Evidence includes isolation of SARS-CoV-2 https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/scientific-evidence-demonstrates-that-covid-19-and-the-virus-that-causes-it-exist-and-are-different-from-the-flu/ Visualization of viruses infecting cells https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-022-01672-3 Sequencing of 16.5M SARS-CoV-2 genomes https://gisaid.org/ Historical proof includes the discovery of Tobacco Mosaic Virus in 1892 https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-virology-100520-014520 Virus repositories https://www.beiresources.org/Collection/32/Viruses.aspx?f_instockflag=In+Stock%23~%23Discontinued%23~%23Temporarily+Out+of+Stock
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