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Comment by Jean-François Delfraissy

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French immunologist, academician, and president of France's National Consultative Ethics Committee; former president of France's COVID-19 Scientific Council
97 % de l’Académie de médecine a voté quasi unanimement pour dire que nous pensons plutôt que le SARS-CoV-2 est issu d’une erreur de laboratoire et qu’il faut en tirer des leçons pour prendre des précautions à l’avenir
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Jean-François Delfraissy quoted by Quentin Haroche, JIM.fr, "Origine du SARS-Cov-2 : l’Académie de Médecine penche pour l’accident de laboratoire," April 3, 2025.
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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 is directly about SARS-CoV-2’s origin and says it is “issu d’une erreur de laboratoire,” which squarely signals the lab-origin side rather than natural zoonotic spillover. That makes a stance on the COMPLETE statement clearly determinable. ([afis.org](https://www.afis.org/De-l-origine-du-SARS-CoV-2-aux-risques-de-zoonoses-et-de-manipulations?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says that 97% of the Academy believes SARS-CoV-2 is "rather" the result of a laboratory error, which clearly supports a lab-related origin over natural zoonotic spillover, even if phrased as a probable rather than definitive conclusion. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The exact wording is reproduced verbatim in L'Express and echoed in other coverage, both attributing it to Jean-François Delfraissy on 2 Apr 2025; the official Academy report published 4 Apr 2025 lists Delfraissy among the authors, and the JIM article cited by the submitter is Quentin Haroche's 3 Apr 2025 piece, though the JIM page itself is paywalled. ([lexpress.fr](https://www.lexpress.fr/sciences-sante/origines-du-covid-19-lacademie-de-medecine-ne-tranche-pas-officiellement-mais-R7FTCI62ENEUPLYY3I3TV5IYJA/?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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