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Comment by Lebuhdez
Reddit commenter participating in r/science discussions about COVID-19 origins.
Yep, the evidence is overwhelming that this virus had a zoonotic origin and jumped to humans directly from an animal.AI Verified (Mar 10, 2026)
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The quote is directly on the complete statement’s core issue: it explicitly says SARS-CoV-2 had a "zoonotic origin" and "jumped to humans directly from an animal," which makes opposition to the lab-related-incident claim substantially more likely. In the Reddit thread, it appears as a reply within a discussion about whether COVID came from a lab or from animals. ([reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1rpkoz1/recent_pandemic_viruses_jumped_to_humans_without/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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The quote explicitly says SARS-CoV-2 had “a zoonotic origin” and “jumped to humans directly from an animal,” which is the opposite of claiming it originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural spillover.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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Verified: the linked Reddit thread shows u/Lebuhdez immediately above the exact sentence, and the comment permalink repeats the same text verbatim. That confirms the quote is real, correctly attributed, and present at the source URL. The fetchable Reddit pages expose only a relative timestamp ("4mo ago"), so I found no reliable basis to change the stored March 10, 2026 date. ([reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1rpkoz1/recent_pandemic_viruses_jumped_to_humans_without/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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