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Comment by Jean-Claude Manuguerra

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Pasteur Institute virologist and coauthor of the 2026 Nature commentary on COVID-19 origins
In the 78-page document, we determined that most of the peer-reviewed scientific evidence supports the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 has a zoonotic origin, meaning that it came from an animal. But until requests for additional information are met or more data become available, there can be no certainty about when, where and how SARS-CoV-2 entered the human population.
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Jean-Claude Manuguerra, coauthor of "COVID's origins: what we do and don't know," Nature, February 24, 2026.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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Disputed The exact text appears on the UNMC source URL (published Feb. 25, 2026) and in Nature’s Comment article dated 24 February 2026. But Nature lists Jean-Claude Manuguerra as one of 23 named co-authors of the piece, not the sole author/speaker, so this platform cannot verify it as a single-author quote by him. ([unmc.edu](https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2026/02/25/covids-origins-what-we-do-and-dont-know/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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