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Comment by Angela Rasmussen
Virologist, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan
That is what the research heavily implies. We are not able to pinpoint the exact spillover event, the exact animal from which the virus crossed into humans, but there’s really no other explanation for what our analysis shows. And that is that there weren’t any Covid-19 cases in Wuhan or anywhere else prior to these early cases that we looked at, which are all strongly associated with the market.AI Verified (Aug 13, 2022)
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The quote directly addresses early COVID cases clustering around the Huanan market and says the analysis found no prior cases elsewhere, which strongly bears on whether the market cluster reflects where the virus emerged rather than a testing artifact.
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The quote says the research “heavily implies” the market was the origin and that the early cases were “strongly associated with the market,” so it supports the statement rather than explaining the clustering as a testing artifact. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/angela-rasmussen-on-covid-19-this-origins-discussion-is-the-worst-thing-about-twitter))
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The Guardian interview reproduces the quote verbatim in Rasmussen’s answer; the wording matches the article exactly and is attributed to Angela Rasmussen. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/angela-rasmussen-on-covid-19-this-origins-discussion-is-the-worst-thing-about-twitter))
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