that is an observation or effect that depends on an independent variable. The independent variable is the postulated cause of this observation or effect. Experiments also require a ‘control’, namely the ability to compare variables and conditions in a manner that makes it possible to observe the results when varying one
There can be no excuse for allowing virologists to depart from the scientific field they claim to be operating within. As was noted in A Farewell to Virology (Expert Edition)
In 2008, the journal Infection and Immunity featured a guest commentary titled, “Descriptive Science” that explained why, “descriptive research by itself is seldom conclusive,” and may simply serve as a starting point to orientate further investigations. The authors pointed out that, “microbiology and immunology are now experimental sciences and consequently investigators can go beyond simply describing observations to formulate hypotheses and then perform experiments to validate or refute them.”12
And herein lies the complete downfall of virology and the virus model itself. An experiment that follows the scientific method and purports to show the existence
…a control group in scientific experiments designed to evaluate the effects of viral infection on cells or organisms. In a mock-infected control group, the cells or organisms are treated with the same conditions and reagents as the infected group, except they are not exposed to the virus.13
A control used in infection experiments. Two specimens are used one that is infected with the virus/vector of interest the other is treated the same way except without the virus.14 (emphasis added)
In other words, the only difference for the control group is one variable - the alleged virus. This can be done in the case of bacterial or fungal cells because it is possible to separate out such cells and leave the other biological material in the sample.*15
It is therefore contested that the virologists themselves have conceded that a true mock-infected experiment is an impossibility as apparently they cannot physically isolate (and thus remove) virus particles from specimens derived from an organism said to be afflicted by a “viral” illness.*16 Thus, the only experiments they can possibly perform must fall back on the prior assertion that viral particles are present in one group and not present in the ‘mock-infected’ group. It is a logical fallacy in the form of petitio principii, also known as ‘begging the question’ in that it purports to prove a proposition while simultaneously taking the proposition for granted.17, *18
Although many of us that have criticised the virus model have noted this problem before,19 we have perhaps not been explicit enough in pointing out that the reason the virologists have “neglected” to perform valid cell culture control experiments is because that, by definition, they are not able to do so.*20
Their predicament goes deeper than the attempts to physically isolate particles derived from the procedure of “culturing”