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Comment by Marc Eloit

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Virologist and former director of the Pathogen Discovery Laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
I maintain that the possibility of a recombination event — whether accidental or deliberate — in a laboratory setting remains just as plausible as the hypothesis of emergence via an intermediate host on the market,
AI Verified (May 7, 2025)
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Marc Eloit, quoted in Carl Zimmer, "Genetic Study Retraces the Origins of Coronaviruses in Bats," May 7, 2025.
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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 the competing origin hypotheses and makes a neutral, determinable stance on the lab-vs-natural question. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote treats lab recombination and intermediate-host emergence as equally plausible, so `abstain` matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Carl Zimmer's article quotes Marc Eloit saying lab recombination remains just as plausible as intermediate-host emergence; the wording and attribution match. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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