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Comment by Seema Lakdawala

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Virologist at Emory University studying transmission and emergence of respiratory viruses
There is currently no verified scientific evidence to support the lab leak hypothesis. Moreover, the assertions in the Chan article have been challenged by a growing body of scientific data supporting the zoonosis hypothesis.
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Seema Lakdawala, coauthor of James Alwine et al., "The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence," Journal of Virology, August 1, 2024.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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Disputed The sentence appears verbatim in the Journal of Virology article at line 237, and the article was published online on 2024-08-01; Seema Lakdawala is listed as one of many coauthors. However, because this is a multi-author commentary, I can’t verify the line as Lakdawala’s individual quote. ([journals.asm.org](https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.01240-24)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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