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Comment by Bob Morris, MD, PhD

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Epidemiologist and writer at the University of Washington School of Public Health; author of The Blue Death
The epidemiology points to the Huanan market.
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Bob Morris, MD, PhD, "The Battle of Lab Leak Hill," The Skeptical Scientist, April 15, 2026.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified The source says the epidemiology points to the Huanan market and treats wildlife origin as the supported explanation; directly relevant to the lab-origin claim. Source inspected. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 52min ago
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AI Verified Because the source says the epidemiology points to the Huanan market rather than a lab, the stance on lab-related origin is against. Source inspected. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 52min ago
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 The quote explicitly says the epidemiology points to the Huanan market, directly bearing on whether the early case clustering reflects the emergence site. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote explicitly says the epidemiology points to the Huanan market, which supports the statement about the early case clustering reflecting the emergence site. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago

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AI Verified Bob Morris's 2026-04-15 Substack essay 'The Battle of Lab Leak Hill' contains this sentence verbatim in its concluding section. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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