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Virologist, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan
That is what the research heavily implies. We are not able to pinpoint the exact spillover event, the exact animal from which the virus crossed into humans, but there's really no other explanation for what our analysis shows. And that is that there weren't any Covid-19 cases in Wuhan or anywhere else prior to these early cases that we looked at, which are all strongly associated with the market.
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Angela Rasmussen, interviewed by Laura Spinney, The Guardian, August 13, 2022.
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The clustering of early cases around the Huanan market reflects where the COVID-19 virus emerged, not just where testing looked
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AI Verified In context, Rasmussen is answering the interviewer’s question about whether the Huanan market was the pandemic’s origin, and she says the research heavily implies that it was, because there were no earlier known cases elsewhere and the earliest cases were strongly associated with the market. That is directly on the complete statement’s core claim about the meaning of the early-case clustering, so a stance is determinable. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/angela-rasmussen-on-covid-19-this-origins-discussion-is-the-worst-thing-about-twitter)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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AI Verified She clearly supports the statement: she says the research implies the market was the origin, not merely where cases were noticed, and the article adds that the market association became even stronger after removing cases with a direct market link. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/angela-rasmussen-on-covid-19-this-origins-discussion-is-the-worst-thing-about-twitter)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Verified: the Guardian interview page contains this passage verbatim as Angela Rasmussen’s answer to Laura Spinney’s question about whether the Huanan market was the origin of the pandemic, and the page is dated Sat 13 Aug 2022. The stored author, date, quote text, and source URL match the source. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/angela-rasmussen-on-covid-19-this-origins-discussion-is-the-worst-thing-about-twitter)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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