find me one RNA virus paper that doesn't use an infectious clone i.e. synthetic RNA
you don't get it. RNA viruses are not culturable in a dish. The only way RNA virology even exists as a discipline is because we can synthetise a sequence i.e. make it. Even the sequence itself is just an algorithm based consensus model.
The purity and quantity never existed in nature. Expanding self replication is a lie. A man made RNA sequence is just moving from high volume / high purity to less volume / less purity, before petering out.
