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Comment by Mark Woolhouse
Professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh
If analysis shows the animal viruses have earlier origins than the ones that infected people, that's probably as good evidence as we can expect to get that this was a spillover event in the market.AI Verified (Mar 18, 2023)
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The quote is directly about whether COVID arose from a market spillover event, and it clearly points toward natural zoonotic spillover rather than a lab-related incident, so the author's stance on the complete statement is determinable. In the Sky News context, it appears in an article about animal-linked COVID origins. ([news.sky.com](https://news.sky.com/story/raccoon-dogs-at-wuhan-market-linked-to-covid-origins-in-new-study-12836807))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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The quote treats earlier animal-virus origins as evidence that COVID-19 was a “spillover event in the market,” and the Sky News article says the study suggests the pandemic may have come from animals rather than a laboratory leak. That strongly opposes the lab-related-incident claim. ([news.sky.com](https://news.sky.com/story/raccoon-dogs-at-wuhan-market-linked-to-covid-origins-in-new-study-12836807))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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Sky News’s article dated 18 March 2023 contains the exact quote and attributes it to Mark Woolhouse, matching the supplied author, date, and source. ([news.sky.com](https://news.sky.com/story/amp/raccoon-dogs-at-wuhan-market-linked-to-covid-origins-in-new-study-12836807))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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replying to Mark Woolhouse