Did you know that you can create a patent for something that doesn't need to exist? Yes you can and why is that important? Because one of the arguments for the existence of ANY "virus" is the patents so here we go.

"Although it may surprise scientists, one can receive a patent in many jurisdictions without implementing an invention in practice and demonstrating that it works as expected. Instead, inventors applying for patents are allowed to include predicted experimental methods and results, known as prophetic examples, as long as the examples are not written in the past tense. ... The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) formally recognized prophetic examples in 1981, but the practice is considerably older. ... Preliminary research suggests that these examples are particularly prevalent in chemistry and biology; an estimated 17% of examples in U.S. patents in these fields are prophetic, and almost one-quarter of U.S. patents in these fields have at least one prophetic example—making prophetic examples a commonplace feature ..."
https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2019/07/yes-you-can-patent-invention-that.html