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Comment by Roger L. Martin

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Business strategist and writer whose essays critique technocracy and public-policy decision making.
COVID 19 was an orgy of technocracy. Science supposedly said it wasn’t a lab leak – but it turned out that it was.
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Roger L. Martin, "PTW/PI All-Stars Book Club – Chapter Two," March 2, 2026.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Quote explicitly says COVID-19 was a lab leak, which directly supports the lab-related incident claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 56min ago
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AI Verified The quote says COVID was an orgy of technocracy and then states it was a lab leak, so it supports the lab-related incident claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 55min 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 Saying the source story was not a lab leak and then was a lab leak makes the quote directly relevant to the market-origin statement. gpt-5 · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says COVID was a lab leak, which opposes the market-origin statement; recorded against is correct. gpt-5 · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Roger L. Martin Substack post contains the quoted lab-leak assertion verbatim. gpt-5 · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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