New medical research shows COVID virus deniers all wrong

You no can see many pictures of actual virus particles

There have always been relatively few COVID virus deniers. All the disinformation, misinformation and terrible corruption should not remove acceptance that there really is a unique COVID virus.

This is the title of a new published German study: Electron cryotomography of SARS-CoV-2 virions reveals cylinder-shaped particles with a double layer RNP assembly.

If you can appreciate very sophisticated research technology, then I urge you to take a look at this new article. It is truly fasinating to see all the pictures of actual virus particles. Here are some excerpts.

Abstract

“SARS-CoV-2 is a lipid-enveloped Betacoronavirus and cause of the Covid-19 pandemic. To study the three-dimensional architecture of the virus, we perform electron cryotomography (cryo-ET) on SARS-Cov-2 virions and three variants revealing particles of regular cylindrical morphology. The ribonucleoprotein particles packaging the genome in the virion interior form a dense, double layer assembly with a cylindrical shape related to the overall particle morphology. This organisation suggests structural interactions important to virus assembly.”

“Because a number of fundamental questions remain about the virus architecture, such as how virion components interact in three-dimensions to assemble particles and how the large positive strand genome is packaged, we apply cryotomography to study the architecture of virions of the original Wuhan strain of SARS-CoV-2 and three variants that arose during the first year of the pandemic. The tomograms show the particles are of a uniform cylindrical shape with spike proteins distributed over the whole envelope. The interior of the particle reveals an organised RNP assembly with implications for virus assembly.”