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Coauthor of a 2026 Open COVID Journal meta-analysis on scientific consensus and COVID-19 origins
A vast body of peer-reviewed genetic, virological, and epidemiological evidence strongly supports the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 emerged through natural evolutionary processes through the zoonotic spillover rather than laboratory manipulation.
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S.A Alagbe, 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 sentence is real and verbatim in the PDF source, appearing in section 4.2: “A vast body of peer-reviewed genetic, virological, and epidemiological evidence strongly supports the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 emerged through natural evolutionary processes through the zoonotic spillover rather than laboratory manipulation.” However, the paper is not authored by S.A. Alagbe alone: the source lists 19 coauthors, with S.A. Alagbe as one of them, and the journal page gives the electronic publication date as March 09, 2026. Because this platform cannot verify a many-author research article as a single-author quote, the attribution to S.A Alagbe alone is disputed. ([opencovidjournal.com](https://opencovidjournal.com/contents/volumes/V6/e26669587424966/e26669587424966.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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