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Comment by Niema Moshiri

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Coauthor of a Science study on SARS-CoV-2 molecular epidemiology and zoonotic origins
Therefore, our results indicate that lineage B was introduced into humans no earlier than late-October and likely in mid-November 2019, and the introduction of lineage A occurred within days to weeks of this event.
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Niema Moshiri, coauthor of Jonathan E. Pekar et al., "The molecular epidemiology of multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2," Science, August 26, 2022.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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Disputed The sentence is real: the paper contains it verbatim, aside from the submitter’s minor hyphenation difference ('late October' in the source, not 'late-October'), and the PMC record is indexed with the same sentence. However, it is not attributable to Niema Moshiri alone: the source is a multi-author research article credited to Jonathan E. Pekar, Andrew Magee, Edyth Parker, Niema Moshiri, and many others. The PDF copy also shows the publication issue date as 26 August 2022. ([pure.ed.ac.uk](https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/301153226/science.abp8337.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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