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Reddit commenter participating in r/science discussions about COVID-19 origins and viral evolution.
We expect lots of them to stick, which is what we observe. You act like the thousands of plagues which have wiped out millions of humans throughout history never existed. > SARS-CoV-2 shows no genetic signal of lab adaptation. Its evolutionary pattern matches natural circulation in animal reservoirs.. The people obsessed with the idea of a lab leak lack the critical thinking skills of a scientist. They've found their conclusion and they're desperately seeking evidence which affirms it; and desperately discard evidence that doesn't. It's dumb.
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RantingRobot, comment on "Recent pandemic viruses jumped to humans without prior adaptation," Reddit r/science, March 10, 2026.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Directly relevant: the comment explicitly discusses whether SARS-CoV-2 came from a lab-related incident versus natural animal circulation, citing “no genetic signal of lab adaptation” and “natural circulation in animal reservoirs,” then criticizing people pushing a lab-leak conclusion. That makes a determinable stance on the complete statement substantially more likely. ([reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1rpkoz1/comment/o9mt7so/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The author clearly argues against the claim: he says natural spillovers are common (“We expect lots of them to stick”), quotes that SARS-CoV-2 shows “no genetic signal of lab adaptation,” and dismisses people “obsessed with the idea of a lab leak” as ignoring contrary evidence. ([reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1rpkoz1/comment/o9mt7so/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The supplied Reddit URL is fetchable and shows a comment by RantingRobot containing the quoted text in rendered form at lines 125-134. Reddit’s JSON endpoint for the same comment lists author "RantingRobot", edited=false, created_utc 1773129379 (consistent with 2026-03-10 UTC), and the same body text; the only difference is source markdown bolding on "no genetic signal of lab adaptation," not wording. ([reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1rpkoz1/comment/o9mt7so/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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