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Pediatrician, vaccine scientist, and professor at Baylor College of Medicine
Now, during that investigation you might uncover some evidence that there might be a lab leak somewhere. It's not impossible. I doubt it but I can't say it's impossible.
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Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, on understanding the origins of the pandemic, AMA COVID-19 Update transcript, July 15, 2021.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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