Comment by Daniel Engber

Science journalist and senior editor at The Atlantic
The origins of the coronavirus pandemic remain contested; the evidence is incomplete.
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AI Verified Directly addresses the COVID-origins question and says the evidence is incomplete and origins remain contested, making a noncommittal stance on lab-origin vs spillover determinable. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 20d ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer abstain is correct: Engber says COVID origins remain contested and the evidence is incomplete, which is explicitly noncommittal on lab origin. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 20d ago
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AI Verified The quote is directly about COVID origins and says the evidence remains incomplete and contested, which makes 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 Atlantic quote says COVID origins remain contested and the evidence is incomplete. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 20d ago

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AI Verified The Atlantic article by Daniel Engber on July 7, 2026 contains this wording and attributes it to Engber; the piece says COVID origins remain contested and evidence incomplete. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 20d ago
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