MP>JK>MP>JK>Finding a virus is just about an impossible job. They are very,
MP>JK>MP>JK>very tiny when compared to other microbes.  I had a researcher
MP>JK>MP>JK>as a patient one time at Swedish who told me what had to be
MP>JK>MP>JK>done.  It is worse than looking for a needle in a haystack! At
MP>JK>MP>JK>least the needle can be seen.
MP>JK>MP>Jane, I deal with a virus every day. Your information is woefully
MP>JK>MP>out of date. The use of various types of electron microscopes,
MP>JK>MP>etc. has made the job quite easy.
MP>JK>I was told that the virus itself isn't seen, the "shadow" it makes
MP>JK>is. If this is now untrue, what is? And why does it still take a long
MP>JK>time to find any "new" virus?
MP>It is an electron image. Sort of like a "shadow".
MP>As for finding a new virus, I have no solid experience. My bugs are well
MP>known, and really are easy to find. They are quite plentiful.
MP>However, to find a new virus, you first have to find a location where
MP>they might be. The area scanned by a e-scope is so small it makes
MP>anything, even the area scanned, hard to find.
Mark, this contradicts what you said above and is essentially the same
damn thing that the researcher at Swedish Hospital told me several years
ago!  That new virus(es?) (i?) (what is the correct plural of the
critters?) are hard to find.
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