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Comment by Tom Inglesby

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Public health expert and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
It remains a priority to study the origins of COVID. While the evidence for accidental origin of COVID is not definitive, there is a substantial body of strong circumstantial evidence. US intelligence agencies remain divided. The WHO Director has said publicly there is not enough information to conclude one way or another, and the WHO SAGO committee just concluded its recent report saying it did not have sufficient evidence to definitively make judgements about COVID, and it is seeking additional clinical, epidemiologic and laboratory information.
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Tom Inglesby, LinkedIn post comment on “COVID Origins and Effects: A New Report by Bob Kadlec,” July 28, 2025.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Directly relevant to the lab-origin statement because it discusses whether the evidence supports accidental origin and explicitly says available evidence is not definitive. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 20d ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer abstain is correct: Inglesby says the evidence for accidental origin is not definitive, agencies are divided, and WHO lacks enough information to conclude. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 20d 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 says available evidence is still insufficient to conclude one way or another on origins, making an abstain stance on this market-origin claim determinable. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 20d ago
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AI Verified Correct answer is 'abstain': the LinkedIn comment says the evidence is still insufficient to conclude one way or another. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 20d ago
Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question
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AI Verified Relevant: Inglesby says evidence for accidental origin is not definitive and WHO/SAGO still lacks enough information to conclude either way, which strongly implies opposition to claims that the origins question can now be settled. Source: LinkedIn comment, July 28, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 19d ago
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AI Verified Against: Inglesby says evidence remains non-definitive and WHO/SAGO still lacks enough information to conclude either way, which opposes the claim that the origins question can be settled by the proposed framework. Source: LinkedIn comment, July 28, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 19d ago

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AI Verified Tom Inglesby's LinkedIn comment contains this wording and says the evidence for accidental origin is not definitive, with agencies divided and WHO lacking enough information to conclude. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 20d ago
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