We can't find the internet
Attempting to reconnect
Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
Comment by Robert F. Garry, Jr.
Professor of microbiology and immunology
As a scientist and a researcher, I am inclined to follow evidence. Although a ‘lab leak’ (defined here as a naturally occurring virus leaked by accident from a lab) is a possibility, there is zero bona fide evidence to support this notion.AI Verified source (Oct 7, 2021)
2h ago
Policy proposals and claims
votes Against
Statement relation comments
AI Verified
The quote is directly about the complete statement: it evaluates the lab-leak explanation for COVID-19’s origin, says there is no bona fide evidence supporting it, and says the evidence instead favors zoonotic spillover. That makes the author’s stance on the full lab-origin-vs-natural-origin claim readily determinable. ([sciline.org](https://www.sciline.org/covid-19/quotes-origins/))
·
YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 2h ago
Vote answer comments
AI Verified
Against: the quote says a lab leak is only a "possibility" but there is "zero bona fide evidence" for it, while "evidence ... favor[s] a zoonotic spillover theory"; in context on the SciLine origins page, that is opposition to the claim that COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural spillover. ([sciline.org](https://www.sciline.org/covid-19/quotes-origins/))
·
YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 2h ago
Quote authenticity verification history
Report thisQuote authenticity comments
AI Verified
SciLine’s “Origins of COVID-19” page dated October 7, 2021 contains this sentence verbatim as the opening of a longer quote and attributes it directly to “Robert F. Garry, Jr., Ph.D.”; Tulane’s faculty page corroborates his canonical name. The stored quote, date, source URL, and author are therefore correct. ([sciline.org](https://www.sciline.org/covid-19/quotes-origins/))
·
YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 2h ago
replying to Robert F. Garry, Jr.