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Infectious-disease scientist and coauthor of the 2026 Nature commentary on COVID-19 origins
The Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan had a significant role in the early transmission and initial spread of the virus.
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Inger K. Damon, coauthor of "COVID's origins: what we do and don't know," Nature, February 24, 2026.
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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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Disputed Disputed. Nature’s 24 February 2026 Comment page for “COVID’s origins: what we do and don’t know” lists many individual authors, including Inger K. Damon, and the article text says, “We are 23 of the 27 original members” of SAGO, so this is not a single-author Damon quote. The source snippet also shows the line begins “We also know that the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan had a significant role in the early transmission and initial spread of the virus,” so the stored quote drops the opening words and is not verbatim as submitted. The submitter’s provided source passage names Damon only as a coauthor and does not contain the quote text. ([nature.com](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00530-y)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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