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Award-winning independent science writer in Beijing
Both sides are gathering evidence to support their case, yet neither can fully rule out the possibility put forward by the other.
AI Verified (Jun 25, 2025)
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Jane Qiu, "The Covid ‘lab leak’ theory isn’t just a rightwing conspiracy – pretending that’s the case is bad for science," The Guardian, June 25, 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 directly addresses the lab-leak versus zoonotic-origin question and clearly supports an undecided stance on the complete statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says both hypotheses remain possible and neither side can rule out the other, which is an explicitly undecided stance on the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago

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AI Verified Jane Qiu's 2025-06-25 Guardian article contains this sentence verbatim while discussing the unresolved lab-leak versus natural-origin debate. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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