Yesterday, I responded to a question received through LinkedIn. Considering my response would be helpful to the visitors to this site, I am sharing it here as well.
Question: Does your background and resources allow you to perform such an isolation?
Response: I am a retired and now a freelance scientist. Therefore, I lack needed laboratory resources. However, given the resources and my background, yes, it is possible to isolate the virus.
Scientifically and technically, I would not say it would be a piece of cake to isolate the virus but a relatively easy job to do. However, the issue would be that the virus has to exist to be isolated. Unfortunately, there is no evidence provided in the literature that it exists.
I would further explain this with the following analogy, i.e., if someone asked me to extract/isolate gold, believing that a given large piece of land contains a significant amount of gold. I or anyone else would ask how it is considered that gold exists in the land. In response, they would show me a test, and its report/results establishing the gold’s existence there. That is from where I would take over and work on extracting/isolating the gold.
Similarly, in the medical/virus area, isolating the virus requires a valid test and report to show that it is there. Unfortunately, there is no such test available at present. Instead, everything is imaginary, or based on word of mouth. Mainly, some published computer-generated photographs without any control or reference are presented. Hence, it is not possible to isolate the virus. No wonder no one has isolated the virus.
So, in short, a virus can be isolated easily. First, however, it has to exist. Second, there has to be a test or measurable (biochemical or pharmacological) parameter to indicate the presence of the virus.