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Comment by Jeremy Faust
Emergency physician and public health writer at Brigham and Women's Hospital; faculty member at Harvard Medical School.
While a lab leak is possible, there has never been a shred of credible evidence to support conclusions that this is how the pandemic started. Meanwhile, there is compelling evidence (bordering on proof), that illegal animals being sold in a market in Wuhan were the source of the virus.AI Verified (Nov 16, 2025)
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The source says there is no credible evidence for a lab leak and compelling evidence the Wuhan market animals were the source; directly relevant to the lab-origin claim. Source inspected.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 50min ago
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Faust says there is no credible evidence for lab leak and compelling evidence for a market animal source, so the stance on lab-related origin is against. Source inspected.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 50min ago
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Relevant. Faust says there is compelling evidence illegal animals at the Wuhan market were the source, directly bearing on the market-origin statement.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 1h ago
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Answer 'for' verified. Faust says there is compelling evidence the Wuhan market's illegal animals were the source, supporting the market-emergence statement.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 1h ago
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Verified at insidemedicine.substack.com. The article quotes Jeremy Faust with this exact wording under the section on whether the playbook caused the pandemic.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 1h ago
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