Yes. Thank you for that thorough reply. But I do worry about the "winging it" or "close enough" method (in regards to identifying the target virus with representative assays) being applied to such a novel virus as SARS-COV2. Sure, that method may be fine for normal germ research, but it sure seems like a high risk gamble to apply that to an actual novel virus.
Nah, not risky at all. Covid-19 isn't something magical. It's a corona virus. It's an engineered virus, but it's still just a corona virus. And even if it was somethign completely new, it's still a virus. We know what these are and how they work.
The news present it as a mystery because 1) they don't know the fucking field and it's a mystery to them and 2) the politician-"scientists" they interview are idiots that love to make the themselves sound mysterious and cool bby proxy.
But it's a fucking virus. You sequence it's genome, design primers, done. Not winging it, no risk, it's literal par for the course... for PCR.
I mean I want to make this very clear. "novel" corona virus is as novel as the 2021 Ford F-150. Is it the same as last years model? No. Is the new engine a gamechanger? Maybe IDK I'm not a truck guy but let's pretend it is. But can you change the oil same as ever? Sure can.
Yes. Thank you for that thorough reply. But I do worry about the "winging it" or "close enough" method (in regards to identifying the target virus with representative assays) being applied to such a novel virus as SARS-COV2. Sure, that method may be fine for normal germ research, but it sure seems like a high risk gamble to apply that to an actual novel virus.
Nah, not risky at all. Covid-19 isn't something magical. It's a corona virus. It's an engineered virus, but it's still just a corona virus. And even if it was somethign completely new, it's still a virus. We know what these are and how they work.
The news present it as a mystery because 1) they don't know the fucking field and it's a mystery to them and 2) the politician-"scientists" they interview are idiots that love to make the themselves sound mysterious and cool bby proxy.
But it's a fucking virus. You sequence it's genome, design primers, done. Not winging it, no risk, it's literal par for the course... for PCR.
I mean I want to make this very clear. "novel" corona virus is as novel as the 2021 Ford F-150. Is it the same as last years model? No. Is the new engine a gamechanger? Maybe IDK I'm not a truck guy but let's pretend it is. But can you change the oil same as ever? Sure can.