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Comment by Georgios Pappas
Physician and infectious disease researcher
including HIV, most likely SARS-CoV-2, and most influenza strains that cause pandemics—started as such.AI Verified (Apr 13, 2026)
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In context, the author says many human pathogens began as zoonoses and explicitly includes “most likely SARS-CoV-2” in that group, so the quote is directly about whether COVID-19 came from zoonotic spillover versus a lab-related incident and makes one stance substantially more likely. ([thebulletin.org](https://thebulletin.org/2026/04/python-cave-tours-the-ways-diseases-jump-from-animals-to-humans-are-evolving/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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The quote says "most likely SARS-CoV-2" "started as such," and the article immediately frames "such" as zoonotic transmission from animal hosts. That implies the author sees SARS-CoV-2 as most likely a natural spillover, not a lab-related origin. ([thebulletin.org](https://thebulletin.org/2026/04/python-cave-tours-the-ways-diseases-jump-from-animals-to-humans-are-evolving/?utm_source=openai))
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YouCongress
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Authentic. The supplied Bulletin article is by Georgios Pappas and dated April 13, 2026, and the body text contains this exact verbatim fragment within the sentence: “including HIV, most likely SARS-CoV-2, and most influenza strains that cause pandemics—started as such.” The attribution, date, quote text, and source URL all match. ([thebulletin.org](https://thebulletin.org/2026/04/python-cave-tours-the-ways-diseases-jump-from-animals-to-humans-are-evolving/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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