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Comment by Eddie Holmes

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Evolutionary virologist and University of Sydney professor specializing in virus evolution and emergence.
The Huanan market was the pandemic epicentre. From its origin there, the SARS-CoV-2 virus rapidly spread to other locations in Wuhan in early 2020 and then to the rest of the world.
AI Verified (Aug 18, 2022)
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Eddie Holmes, “How do we know the origins of COVID came from a market?”, University of Sydney, August 18, 2022.
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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 Directly states the Huanan market was the pandemic epicentre and origin. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Holmes explicitly calls the Huanan market the pandemic epicentre and origin. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified University of Sydney’s cited article contains Holmes’s stored statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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