APP - Do biological viruses actually exist?

[Scott]

Right, that's how one could falsify the assertion that all swans are white.

The problem when it comes to the microbes that virologists claim are biological viruses is that they haven't shown that -any- of them actually fit the description of biological viruses.

Circular logic on your part. Viruses don't exist so therefore nothing fits the definition of a virus.

No, that's not the logic being used here at all. The signatories of the 2 page statement quoted and linked to in the opening post of this thread used the standard definition of a biological virus as their starting point. To whit:
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“A small parasite consisting of nucleic acid (RNA or DNA) enclosed in a protein coat that can replicate only in a susceptible host cell.”
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This is their source for the above definition:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1470817501000236?via%3Dihub

The case the signatories of the 2 page "Settling the Virus Debate" statement make is that there has never been any solid evidence that any such microbes exist. For anyone who hasn't seen the 2 page statement, it can be seen and downloaded here:

The “Settling The Virus Debate” Statement

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