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Stanford microbiologist and biosecurity expert; advisor to the U.S. federal government on biological weapons threats
Without China providing fundamental data, definitive conclusions remain impossible.
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Gustavo Palacios, Adolfo García-Sastre, and David A. Relman, “Why we still don’t know where COVID-19 came from. And why we need to find out,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, August 27, 2025.
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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 definitive conclusions on COVID-19 origins remain impossible without missing China data, so it is directly relevant to whether market clustering establishes emergence or not. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Correct answer is abstain: Relman says definitive conclusions remain impossible without missing China data, so the quote supports uncertainty rather than either side. · 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: Relman says definitive conclusions remain impossible without fundamental Chinese data, which strongly implies opposition to claims that the origins question can be settled by the proposed framework. Source: Bulletin, Aug. 27, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Against: Relman says definitive conclusions are impossible without fundamental Chinese data, which opposes the claim that the origins question can be settled by the proposed framework. Source: Bulletin, Aug. 27, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago

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AI Verified Exact quote appears in Bulletin article by Palacios, Garcia-Sastre, and Relman on August 27, 2025; attributed there to SAGO's finding and stored text matches the source. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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