In early 2020 when an outbreak of pneumonia of “unknown etiology” was reported in Wuhan, China, a report was published in the journal EUROSURVEILLANCE on the detection of a novel coronavirus which later came to be identified as COVID-19. Since viruses cannot be grown in a lab dish (that is because viruses can only replicate inside a living cell), they cannot be cultured and multiplied like a bacteria sample.  So, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test was utilized and is the standard test to confirm COVID-19 infection today. PCR involves a method to rapidly produce millions to billions of copies of a specific … Continue reading Does the Covid-19 Coronavirus Really Exist?