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Comment by Lauran Neergaard

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Associated Press medical writer
We don’t know. Scientists think the most likely scenario is that it circulated in bats, then infected another species, which in turn infected humans at a market in Wuhan. But this theory has not been proven for the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Associated Press, "5 things we know and still don't know about COVID after 5 years"
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified The quote is directly about COVID-origin evidence and the likelihood of natural spillover, so it is relevant to the lab-incident statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says scientists think the most likely scenario is zoonotic spillover and that the theory is not yet proven. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified AP repeats that the most likely scenario is bat-to-animal-to-human spillover and that the theory remains unproven. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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