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Evolutionary biologist at the University of Arizona; lead author of studies placing the Huanan market at the center of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Our analyses indicate that the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 occurred via the live wildlife trade in China, and show that the Huanan market was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Michael Worobey et al., Science
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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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Disputed Disputed. The sentence is real in the article’s abstract, but the exact wording is "our analyses indicate that the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 occurred through the live wildlife trade in China," not "via," so the stored quote is not verbatim. Also, the source is a multi-author paper credited to Michael Worobey plus 17 coauthors, not to Michael Worobey alone, and this platform does not verify such cases as single-author quotes. The paper was published online on 2022-07-26; the journal issue date is 2022-08-26. ([eprints.gla.ac.uk](https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/275632/1/275632.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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