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Comment by Simon Wain-Hobson

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Their dismissive tone is all the sadder in that they pushed the erroneous sentence that Two distinct genetic lineages of SARS-CoV-2 were identified in samples from early cases associated with the Huanan market which is 100% wrong.
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Biosafety Now, "WHO wordplay on COVID origins," March 25, 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 The exact sentence appears verbatim on the provided Substack page, which is dated March 25, 2026. However, the page’s byline is Simon Wain-Hobson; Biosafety Now is the publication/site, not the canonical author of this article. ([biosafetynow.substack.com](https://biosafetynow.substack.com/p/who-wordplay-on-covid-origins)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2h ago
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