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Comment by Julie Pfeiffer

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Virologist and coauthor of an ASM commentary on SARS-CoV-2 origins and lab-leak claims
The policies aimed at virology research in the US will not protect against work with viruses of known pandemic potential occurring at inadequate biosafety containment (below biosafety level 3) in other countries, which poses the risk of lab exposures. Moreover, a looming threat for future pandemics is the illegal wildlife trade coupled with wet markets abroad.
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Julie Pfeiffer, coauthor of James Alwine et al., "The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence," Journal of Virology, August 1, 2024.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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