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Comment by Stephen A. Goldstein

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Virologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Utah studying viral emergence and SARS-CoV-2 origins
We have convincingly shown that the wild animal sales at the Huanan Market in Wuhan are implicated in the first human cases of the disease.
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University of Utah Health, “Scientists Trace Earliest Cases of COVID-19 to Market in Wuhan, China,” July 26, 2022.
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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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AI Verified The quote is directly about the Huanan Market as the source of the first human COVID-19 cases, and the surrounding article explicitly says the earliest cases arose there and that the findings strongly suggest the virus originated in the market rather than elsewhere. That makes the author’s stance on the complete statement determinable and clearly supportive. ([uofuhealth.utah.edu](https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/newsroom/news/2022/07/covid-19-epicenter)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says wild animal sales at the Huanan Market were "implicated in the first human cases," and the article adds that the virus "originated in the market" and that early spread began there, so it supports the statement that the case clustering reflects the site of emergence rather than merely where testing happened. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim on the University of Utah Health article dated Jul 26, 2022; the page attributes the quote to Stephen Goldstein, PhD, and contains the exact sentence. ([uofuhealth.utah.edu](https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/newsroom/news/2022/07/covid-19-epicenter)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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