Felicia Goodrum on The clustering of early cases around th…

Felicia Goodrum

Virologist at the University of Arizona; coauthor of an ASM commentary on SARS-CoV-2 origins and lab-leak claims

The evidence supports the scenario that two distinct ancestral lineages of SARS-CoV-2 jumped from animals into humans, and that the Huanan Seafood Market in Hubei Province, China, where wild animals were routinely present and slaughtered, was the epicenter of the pandemic.

AI Verified (Aug 1, 2024)

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Journal of Virology commentary, "The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence"

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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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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover

The evidence that we have to date suggests that SARS-CoV-2 entered the human population by that route. There is no evidence to the contrary or in support of a lab leak, nothing credible.

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