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Psychologist and science writer at the University of Sheffield
This is an area where we cannot be certain, and the lab leak hypothesis is possible but unlikely.
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Tom Stafford, "The Politicisation of Misinformation," April 23, 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 evaluates the lab-leak hypothesis as possible but unlikely, which is plainly relevant to whether COVID originated from a lab-related incident rather than spillover. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Saying the lab leak hypothesis is possible but unlikely indicates opposition to the claim that COVID originated from a lab rather than spillover; against is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h 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 Calling lab leak possible but unlikely is relevant to whether the market clustering reflects actual emergence rather than a testing artifact, even though the quote preserves uncertainty. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says lab leak is possible but unlikely while also stressing uncertainty, which does not make the market-clustering claim clearly more likely than abstention; abstain is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago

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AI Verified Tom Stafford’s post says this is an area where we cannot be certain and the lab leak hypothesis is possible but unlikely; stored wording matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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