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Steven Quay

Physician-scientist; founder and former CEO of Atossa Therapeutics

A Bayesian analysis concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 is not a natural zoonosis but instead is laboratory derived.

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A Bayesian analysis concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 is not a natural zoonosis but instead is laboratory derived

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Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question

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AI Verified The quote is directly about using Bayesian analysis to reach a conclusion on SARS-CoV-2 origins, and the source page’s title/description state that the paper argues a Bayesian analysis concludes the virus is laboratory derived; that makes it clearly on-topic and enough to infer a pro-statement stance. ([zenodo.org](https://zenodo.org/records/4477081)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The page title and description present a “Bayesian analysis” as yielding a decisive conclusion about SARS-CoV-2’s origin, which strongly implies the author thinks Bayesian analysis is the right way to settle that question. ([zenodo.org](https://zenodo.org/records/4477081)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Verified: the Zenodo record lists Steven Carl Quay as author and repeats the exact wording in both the title and description; it was published on January 29, 2021. ([zenodo.org](https://zenodo.org/records/4477081)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2mo ago

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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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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover

My approach to the COVID pandemic origin that killed 20 million-plus people, caused $20 trillion in economic damage, is based on six approaches to the data and the events. [...] I will describe the six approaches to the question that all support a la...

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