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Comment by Jon Cohen

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Science journalist, staff writer at Science magazine
despite a lack of direct evidence and other data suggesting the virus jumped into people from an animal host
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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 origin question in the complete statement. In source context, it says Kennedy’s lab-origin view persists despite lacking direct evidence, while other data suggest animal-to-human spillover at a Wuhan market, which strongly signals the source author’s stance is determinably opposed to the lab-origin-rather-than-zoonotic claim. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The author is opposing the lab-origin statement: the quote says that view has gained traction "despite a lack of direct evidence" and cites "other data suggesting the virus jumped into people from an animal host," so the article presents zoonotic spillover as more supported than a lab-related incident. ([postdocinusa.com](https://postdocinusa.com/virologist-accused-of-starting-covid-19-will-fight-u-s-ban-on-funding/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Verified, albeit indirectly because the original Science URL was 403/unfetchable here: mirrored/reposted copies of the same article show the exact sentence containing this excerpt and attribute the piece to Jon Cohen/Science, and another repost dates it May 12, 2026. I found no reliable evidence that the stored content, author, date, or source URL are wrong. ([]()) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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