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Comment by Alina Chan
Molecular biologist, Broad Institute; co-author of "Viral"
Yes, I believe that the current evidence, although entirely circumstantial, points squarely at a lab origin of Covid-19.AI Verified (Nov 25, 2024)
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The quote is directly about whether COVID-19 came from a lab and explicitly says the evidence “points squarely at a lab origin,” which clearly signals support for the COMPLETE statement rather than neutrality. ([undark.org](https://undark.org/2024/11/25/podcast-is-it-likely-that-covid-19-came-from-a-lab/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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The quote is explicit support for the lab-leak hypothesis: the speaker says the current evidence “points squarely at a lab origin of Covid-19.” The article also presents this speaker as the lab-leak proponent in a discussion contrasting lab origin with natural spillover. ([undark.org](https://undark.org/2024/11/25/podcast-is-it-likely-that-covid-19-came-from-a-lab/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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The Undark transcript for the Nov. 25, 2024 podcast contains the exact line spoken by Alina Chan at line 238, matching the quote verbatim and attributing it to her. The page itself is dated 11.25.2024. ([undark.org](https://undark.org/2024/11/25/podcast-is-it-likely-that-covid-19-came-from-a-lab/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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replying to Alina Chan