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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.
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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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo ago
Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question
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AI Verified Relevant: Qiu says neither side can rule out the other in the origins debate, which strongly implies opposition to claims that the question has been settled by the proposed framework. Source: The Guardian, June 25, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 3mo ago
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AI Verified Against: Qiu says neither side can fully rule out the other in the origins debate, which opposes the claim that the question has been settled by the proposed framework. Source: The Guardian, June 25, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 3mo 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 · 3mo ago
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