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Comment by Hudson Institute
Washington, D.C. policy institute
In The Code as Witness, which was published on June 9, Dr. Steven Quay shows how the genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 points directly to human engineering. He warns that irresponsible and unregulated gain-of-function research is accelerating, and that future pandemics may be far deadlier than COVID-19. The book also lays out policy recommendations that could prevent such outbreaks while still allowing important research to continue.AI Verified source (Jun 15, 2026)
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The quote is directly on the origin question: the source frames the event as about “COVID Origins” and “how the pandemic began,” and the quoted line says SARS-CoV-2’s genetic material “points directly to human engineering,” which makes a determinate stance on lab-related vs. zoonotic origin substantially more likely. ([hudson.org](https://www.hudson.org/events/code-witness-covid-origins-scientific-accountability-preventing-next-pandemic?utm_source=openai))
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The source page presents Quay’s book as showing that SARS-CoV-2’s genetic material “points directly to human engineering” and ties COVID’s origin to risky gain-of-function research; that strongly implies support for a lab-related origin over natural spillover, though “incident” is inferred from the outbreak/prevention framing. ([hudson.org](https://www.hudson.org/events/code-witness-covid-origins-scientific-accountability-preventing-next-pandemic))
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The source URL contains the quote verbatim on the Hudson Institute event page (opened page lines 456–458), and the page header identifies the page as "Hudson Institute" dated June 15, 2026 (lines 365–371). The stored author, date, source URL, and quote text all match the fetchable source. ([hudson.org](https://www.hudson.org/events/code-witness-covid-origins-scientific-accountability-preventing-next-pandemic))
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