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Comment by Zeynep Tufekci

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Princeton sociologist and New York Times opinion columnist
We learned our lesson about lab safety — and about the need to be straight with the public — and now we can move on to new crises, like measles and the evolving bird flu, right? Wrong.
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The New York Times, "We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives"
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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 about lab-safety failure and public misdirection in the COVID-origin debate, which is relevant to the lab-incident statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote criticizes public misdirection about lab safety and pandemic origins, which supports the lab-incident interpretation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The NYT opinion excerpt says we were badly misled, should have been straight with the public, and should not simply move on from lab-safety concerns. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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