John Moore on COVID-19 originated from a lab-related …

John Moore

Professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine

So that and the verified presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA samples in close proximity to animal DNA, is what we consider strong evidence. It’s not proof. Proof is going to be extremely hard to obtain now, possibly never, for either hypothesis, but the balance of evidence impresses virologists, or most of us, in favor of the zoonotic wet market origin.

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Undark, “Podcast: Is It Likely that Covid-19 Came From a Lab?”, November 25, 2024.

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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 directly addresses the SARS-CoV-2 origin question and explicitly says the balance of evidence favors a zoonotic wet market origin, which makes the author’s stance on the lab-leak-vs-natural-spillover statement determinable and clearly opposed to the statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote directly says the “balance of evidence” is in favor of the zoonotic wet market origin, so it argues against a lab-related origin. The surrounding article also frames John Moore as the natural-origin proponent. ([undark.org](https://undark.org/2024/11/25/podcast-is-it-likely-that-covid-19-came-from-a-lab/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The Undark transcript on the provided URL contains the exact wording, attributed to John Moore: “So that and the verified presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA samples in close proximity to animal DNA, is what we consider strong evidence. It’s not proof. Proof is going to be extremely hard to obtain now, possibly never, for either hypothesis, but the balance of evidence impresses virologists, or most of us, in favor of the zoonotic wet market origin.” The page is dated November 25, 2024. ([undark.org](https://undark.org/2024/11/25/podcast-is-it-likely-that-covid-19-came-from-a-lab/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 3mo ago

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The early cases cluster around the wet market. [...] So that and the verified presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA samples in close proximity to animal DNA, is what we consider strong evidence. It's not proof. Proof is going to be extremely hard to obtain now,...

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