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Comment by Robert Redfield

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Virologist; former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
I still think the most likely etiology of this pathogen in Wuhan was from a laboratory, you know, escaped.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Relevant: the quote directly says the speaker thinks COVID-19's "most likely etiology" was a laboratory escape, which is the same core origin question as the complete statement and makes a lab-origin stance substantially more likely than the alternatives. ([cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-lab-theory-robert-redfield-no-evidence/?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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AI Verified He explicitly says he thinks the "most likely etiology ... was from a laboratory, escaped," which directly supports a lab-related origin rather than natural zoonotic spillover; the CNN transcript presents this as his stated view of COVID-19's origin. ([transcripts.cnn.com](https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnr/date/2021-03-26/segment/12)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Authentic. CNN's March 26, 2021 transcript of Sanjay Gupta's interview with Redfield shows him saying he believed the pathogen likely came "from a laboratory," and a CNN-syndicated article from the same day plus reputable contemporaneous coverage reproduce a wording that matches the submitted quote and attribution to Robert Redfield. ([transcripts.cnn.com](https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnr/date/2021-03-26/segment/12)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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