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Comment by Sandra K. Weller

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Virologist whose research focuses on herpesvirus DNA replication and viral molecular biology
Nonetheless, the available scientific evidence supports a zoonotic origin.
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Sandra K. Weller, 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 exact sentence appears verbatim in the article at lines 240-242, and the paper was published online on 2024-08-01; however, the source is a multi-author commentary listing Sandra K. Weller among many coauthors, so I can't verify this as a single-author 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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