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Coauthor of a 2026 Open COVID Journal meta-analysis on scientific consensus and COVID-19 origins
According to the results derived from the study, many scientists support the natural origin of COVID-19, and the sentiment around this hypothesis is positive (0.398), indicating a more optimistic and affirmative language compared to the lab-leak hypothesis, with a negative average sentiment score of -0.124, suggesting that discourse around this theory is comparatively more negative.
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C.O Afolabi, coauthor of "COVID-19 Origins: A Mixed-Methods Meta-Analysis of Scientific Consensus and Political Narratives," The Open COVID Journal, published March 9, 2026.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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Disputed The quote is real and appears verbatim in the supplied PDF/article abstract’s Results section, and the source shows an electronic publication date of March 09, 2026. However, the source does not attribute that text to C.O Afolabi alone: it is a multi-author journal article listing C.O Afolabi together with many coauthors, so this platform cannot verify it as a single-author quote. ([opencovidjournal.com](https://opencovidjournal.com/VOLUME/6/ELOCATOR/e26669587424966/PDF/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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