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Comment by David Asher

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Senior fellow at Hudson Institute and former State Department official who led a COVID-19 origins investigation.
I think this was a lab disaster, a bio meltdown. They covered it up.
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David Asher quoted by Michael Vincent, ABC News, "It might take defector to reveal COVID-19's origin, former investigator says," Jul. 13, 2021.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified The quote directly asserts a lab-origin explanation (“lab disaster, a bio meltdown”) and explicitly alleges concealment, which makes the author’s stance on the statement strongly and determinably pro-lab-origin rather than natural spillover. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote is explicit: "I think this was a lab disaster, a bio meltdown. They covered it up." In the ABC context, Asher is described as believing COVID-19 leaked from a lab, which supports the statement that it originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural spillover. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago

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AI Verified ABC News’s article by Michael Vincent, dated 2021-07-13, contains the exact sentence attributed to David Asher/Dr Asher: "I think this was a lab disaster, a bio meltdown. They covered it up." The source URL therefore supports the quote verbatim. ([abc.net.au](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-13/covid-origin-might-take-defector-to-reveal-former-investigator/100287530)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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