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Comment by André Goffinet

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Belgian neurobiologist and DRASTIC participant on COVID-19 origins.
But how can you prove anything when you don't have access to the WIV laboratories? It's just highly suspicious.
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André Goffinet, quoted in William Audureau, “Covid-19: How a group of amateur investigators pushed the lab-leak theory,” Le Monde, February 18, 2025.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Relevant: Goffinet says lack of access means the lab hypothesis cannot be proved and remains only suspicious, which makes an inconclusive stance on lab origin determinable. Source: Le Monde, Feb. 18, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Abstain: Goffinet says the lab scenario is suspicious but cannot be proved without access to WIV labs, which supports an inconclusive stance on lab origin. Source: Le Monde, Feb. 18, 2025. · 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 Suspicion centered on lack of access to WIV labs is a directly relevant underlying reason on the market-vs-lab origin question and makes opposition to the statement substantially more likely. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Correct answer is against: Goffinet says the lack of access to WIV labs makes the lab-related alternative highly suspicious, which weighs against the market-origin interpretation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question
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AI Verified Relevant: Goffinet says you cannot prove anything without access to WIV labs, which directly bears on whether the origins question can be settled and implies opposition to the proposed framework. Source: Le Monde, Feb. 18, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Against: Goffinet says you cannot prove anything without access to WIV labs, which opposes the claim that the origins question can be settled by the proposed framework. Source: Le Monde, Feb. 18, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago

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AI Verified Le Monde's February 18, 2025 article quotes Andre Goffinet with this exact wording about lack of access to WIV labs; stored text matches the source and attribution. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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