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Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), surgeon and public health researcher at Johns Hopkins
It's a no-brainer that it came from the lab.
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Anumita Kaur and Dan Diamond, "FBI director says covid-19 'most likely' originated from lab incident," Washington Post, February 28, 2023.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified The quote is directly about COVID-19’s origin and explicitly says it “came from the lab,” which strongly aligns with the statement that it originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural spillover. The surrounding article frames this as the author’s view in a lab-leak discussion. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/URLs_Cited/OT2023/23-411/23-411-3.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says, "It’s a no-brainer that it came from the lab," which directly supports a lab-origin theory rather than natural zoonotic spillover. The cited Washington Post context attributes this to Marty Makary during a lab-leak discussion. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/URLs_Cited/OT2023/23-411/23-411-3.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Verified: the Washington Post article at the supplied URL includes the exact quote, “It’s a no-brainer that it came from the lab,” and attributes it to Marty Makary on February 28, 2023. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/URLs_Cited/OT2023/23-411/23-411-3.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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