John M. Watson

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Epidemiologist and coauthor of the 2026 Nature commentary on COVID-19 origins

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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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In the 78-page document, we determined that most of the peer-reviewed scientific evidence supports the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 has a zoonotic origin, meaning that it came from an animal. But until requests for additional information are met or mor...
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The clustering of early cases around the Huanan market reflects where the COVID-19 virus emerged, not just where testing looked
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Several wildlife species had been there before it was cleaned and sterilized on 1 January 2020 by the Chinese authorities in response to the outbreak.
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