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Comment by Andrew T. Levin

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Economist, Professor at Dartmouth College and NBER Research Associate
A fundamental objective of this study has been the formulation of a Bayesian framework that can be used to assess the relative weight of the evidence for the two key hypotheses, that is, accidental lab leak vs. zoonotic spillover.
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NBER Working Paper 33428, "A Bayesian Assessment of the Origins of COVID-19 using Spatiotemporal and Zoonotic Data"
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Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question
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AI Verified The quote explicitly says the study is using a Bayesian framework to weigh lab leak vs zoonotic spillover. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified The paper explicitly uses Bayesian analysis to compare the lab-leak and zoonotic-spillover hypotheses, matching the recorded answer. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The NBER working paper explicitly says it is formulating a Bayesian framework to compare lab leak vs zoonotic spillover. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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