Can we "mutate" a virus to use radioactive isotope of carbon (c-14? something that is not harmful for humans) so that we can observe how viral a virus is?
Not an expert on radio isotopes or spectrography or viruses.
Note: I know, radioactive virus at this point might freakout people a little.
We basically already know how viral viruses are because they undergo mutations, and we can trace which strain people have and where they caught it from by sequencing their DNA (technically RNA) and looking for the virus's "ancestors".
Also you wouldn't mutate a virus with C14 or similar radiactive isotope, because that can't be encoded in its genetics, and such a virus would use any old Carbon atom (most likely normal C12) to replicate.
Finally, mutating a virus and releasing it seems ethically dubious in the middle of a pandemic...
Not an expert on radio isotopes or spectrography or viruses.
Note: I know, radioactive virus at this point might freakout people a little.