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Comment by Mayuri Banerjee

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Associate Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
As the authors present their findings through storytelling, the core argument that emerges is that the novel coronavirus may have been synthetically engineered, and the pandemic was possibly triggered by a lab leak due to poor safety protocols in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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Mayuri Banerjee, review of “Where did the COVID-19 virus come from? The mystery-solving race,” CBW Magazine, Jan-Jun 2026.
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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 says the work argues for synthetic engineering and a possible lab leak, directly on the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The review says the book argues SARS-CoV-2 may have been synthetically engineered and possibly leaked, so for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The PDF review says the book’s core argument is that the virus may have been synthetically engineered and possibly triggered by a lab leak. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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