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Comment by Paul Offit
Pediatrician, vaccine expert, CHOP
Now that overwhelming evidence supports the fact that SARS-CoV-2 originated in a wet market in Wuhan, it's time to make sure this doesn't happen again.AI Verified source (Jun 24, 2024)
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Relevant: the quote directly addresses COVID-19’s origin by saying SARS-CoV-2 "originated in a wet market in Wuhan." In the same article, the author also describes the lab-leak hypothesis as a "fruitless, dead-end hypothesis," so this quote clearly provides enough signal to determine the author’s stance on the complete statement. ([pauloffit.substack.com](https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/lab-leak-mania))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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The quote says "overwhelming evidence" shows SARS-CoV-2 "originated in a wet market in Wuhan," which strongly implies rejection of a lab-related origin; in the article, Offit also calls lab leak a "fruitless, dead-end hypothesis." ([pauloffit.substack.com](https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/lab-leak-mania))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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Verified: the Substack post "Lab Leak Mania" is by Paul Offit and dated 2024-06-24; the source URL contains the sentence at line 47, matching the submitted quote verbatim aside from a typographic curly apostrophe in “it’s,” so the attribution, date, and source are correct. ([pauloffit.substack.com](https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/lab-leak-mania))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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