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Pediatrician, vaccine scientist, and professor at Baylor College of Medicine
We have at least a half-dozen scientific papers in the best scientific journals, including Cell and Science, which convincingly demonstrate how the SARS-2 virus emerged through zoonotic spillover.
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TIME, "What to Know About the CIA's Conclusion that COVID-19 Came From a Lab"
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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 discusses zoonotic spillover evidence, which is directly relevant to whether the Huanan-market cluster reflects true emergence. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says multiple papers convincingly demonstrate zoonotic spillover, which supports the market-origin inference. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified TIME reproduces Peter Hotez saying multiple papers convincingly demonstrate zoonotic spillover. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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