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Comment by Gao Fu

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Chinese virologist and CDC director
At first, we assumed the seafood market might have the virus, but now the market is more like a victim. The novel coronavirus had existed long before,
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Global Times, "Wuhan's Huanan seafood market a victim of COVID-19: CDC director"
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The clustering of early cases around the Huanan market reflects where the COVID-19 virus emerged, not just where testing looked
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AI Verified Relevant: in context, Gao says the market is "more like a victim" and that the novel coronavirus "had existed long before," which clearly bears on whether early clustering around Huanan indicates the virus emerged there. ([globaltimes.cn](https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1189506.shtml)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says the market is "more like a victim" and that "the novel coronavirus had existed long before," which implies the market was not where the virus emerged. That opposes the statement that the early case clustering around Huanan reflects the emergence site rather than just where testing focused. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The Global Times page dated 2020-05-26 contains the quote verbatim and attributes it to Gao Fu, director of the China CDC; the provided URL matches that article. ([globaltimes.cn](https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1189506.shtml)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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