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Science letter on COVID origins
Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable.AI Verified (May 14, 2021)
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The quote is directly about the same origin question and explicitly says both lab release and zoonotic spillover remain viable, which makes the author’s stance determinable as noncommittal/abstaining rather than clearly supporting the lab-origin claim.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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The quote is explicitly neutral: it says both a lab release and zoonotic spillover "remain viable," so it does not endorse lab origin over natural spillover. The Science letter’s context was that more investigation was needed, not a conclusion that the origin was lab-related. ([pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9520851/?utm_source=openai))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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AI Verified
The PDF at the provided URL contains the exact sentence on page 1: "Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable." It is the Science letter titled "Investigate the origins of COVID-19," dated May 14, 2021, and it lists multiple authors (including Ralph S. Baric), so the quote is verbatim and correctly attributed to the named document. ([sochob.cl](https://www.sochob.cl/web1/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Investigate-the-origins-of-COVID-19.pdf))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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