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Comment by Supaporn Wacharapluesadee

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Researcher at the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Center; 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.
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Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, 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 quote is real and appears verbatim at the supplied UNMC URL, which is a Feb. 25, 2026 excerpt of a Feb. 24, 2026 Nature article. But that article is authored collectively by 23 named coauthors (“We are 23 of the 27 original members...”), and Supaporn Wacharapluesadee is listed only as one coauthor, not as the sole speaker/author. Because this source has multiple individual authors, this platform cannot verify it as a single-author quote attributed to Supaporn Wacharapluesadee. ([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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