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Comment by Jamie Metzl
Author and technology futurist; former member of the WHO International Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing
This is not necessarily a “smoking gun,” but the growing body of circumstantial evidence suggests a gun that is, at very least, warm to the touch.AI Verified (Mar 8, 2023)
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Relevant. In the surrounding testimony, Metzl is arguing that a lab-related origin in Wuhan is a serious possibility and is presenting circumstantial evidence for that view, so the quote strongly signals a pro-lab-origin stance on the complete statement. ([oversight.house.gov](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JAMIE-METZL-COVID-19-congressional-testimony-03082367.pdf))
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The quote says the circumstantial evidence points to more than a hunch—“a gun that is, at very least, warm to the touch”—and the surrounding statement says Metzl “became convinced” a COVID-19 lab origin was a serious possibility needing investigation, so he is leaning for a lab-related origin rather than natural spillover. ([oversight.house.gov](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JAMIE-METZL-COVID-19-congressional-testimony-03082367.pdf))
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The exact sentence appears on page 4 of the PDF at the provided URL, and the document is Jamie F. Metzl’s written statement dated Mar. 8, 2023. ([oversight.house.gov](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JAMIE-METZL-COVID-19-congressional-testimony-03082367.pdf))
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