“They did not isolate a virus. They isolated you” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying refers to COVID-19 (coronavirus).
 
“They did not isolate a virus. They isolated you” (also shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Gold on February 26, 2021. The same image was posted on Facebook by Suse Rafaelo on February 28, 2021. The saying probably was popularized by this image, which shows a person isolated in a windowless room/prison.
   
   
Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020.
   
Twitter
Geld
@GeldvmGeld
Replying to @vonderleyen and @EU_Commission
They did not isolate a virus. They isolated you.
(This is also shown on an image.—ed.)
5:50 AM · Feb 26, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
Facebook
Suse Rafaelo
February 28, 2021 at 11:56 AM ·
“They did not isolate a virus. They isolated you” is shown on an image.—ed.)
   
Twitter
Breathin’ ორას­ოცდა­ორი 7D
@hexpensive1995
They didn’t isolate a virus, they isolated you.
9:04 AM · Feb 26, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Tina M
@MucciTina
They didn’t isolate a ‘virus’...they isolated YOU.
8:21 PM · Feb 27, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
MJJ
@BajanJean
They didn’t isolate a virus, they isolated you.
11:40 PM · Mar 20, 2021·Twitter Web App
   
Twitter
🇺🇸LEXX THE ULTRA MAGA QUEEN
@lexxstones
REMEMBER….THEY DID NOT ISOLATE A VIRUS, THEY ISOLATED YOU!!🔥😡⚔
5:02 PM · Apr 6, 2021·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
GRANADA POSTERS
@GRANADAPOSTERS
One marcher carried a sign reading “They did not isolate a virus. They isolated you.” https://nypost.com/2021/04/24/thousands-march-in-london-against-lockdowns-vaccine-passports/
3:59 PM · Apr 24, 2021·Twitter Web App
     
Twitter
𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖 🇨🇦
@EuphoriaStorm
They did not isolate a virus, they isolated YOU
7:31 PM · Apr 29, 2021·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Cheyenne
@Chayenn72766251
They did not isolate a Virus - they isolated YOU !!!
(This is also shown on an image.—ed.)
11:35 AM · Nov 2, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
Dr Kevin Corbett MSc PhD
@KPCResearch
What was isolated?
(The following text is shown on a sticker by The White Rose.—ed.)
THEY DID
NOT
ISOLATE
A VIRUS
THEY
ISOLATED
YOU
3:37 AM · Jul 2, 2022·Twitter for Android