Juan Lama

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Molecular virologist and Chief Scientific Officer at RetroVirox Inc.

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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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For context, the majority of virologists support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a zoonotic spillover event that occurred in the vicinity of a wet market in Wuhan.
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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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For context, the majority of virologists support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a zoonotic spillover event that occurred in the vicinity of a wet market in Wuhan.
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