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Molecular biologist, Rutgers University; Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
There is sufficient evidence to conclude beyond reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 entered humans through a research-related incident.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified The quote is directly about the complete statement’s central claim: it says SARS-CoV-2 entered humans through a “research-related incident,” which is the lab-related side of the lab-leak-versus-natural-spillover question. In source context, the article presents this as part of the lab-leak argument contrasted with natural spillover, so a determinate stance on the complete statement is substantially more likely. ([malaymail.com](https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2025/01/19/lab-leak-or-animal-spillover-debate-on-covid-19s-origins-continues-five-years-on/163809?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 59min ago
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AI Verified The author says the evidence is enough "beyond reasonable doubt" that SARS-CoV-2 entered humans via a "research-related incident," which directly supports a lab-related origin rather than natural spillover; the article presents this as Richard Ebright’s lab-leak-side conclusion. ([medicalxpress.com](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-covid-lab-leak-natural-spillover.html?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 58min ago

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AI Verified The exact sentence appears verbatim in AFP-syndicated copies of the same story and is attributed in-text to Richard Ebright; Rutgers confirms his full name is Richard H. Ebright. I could not directly fetch the France24 URL itself because it returned 403, but the matching AFP mirrors support the quote’s authenticity and attribution. ([digitaljournal.com](https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/covids-origins-reviewed-lab-leak-or-natural-spillover/article)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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