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Former U.S. Director of National Intelligence.
two plausible theories related to the origins of COVID-19 with one of them a laboratory accident.
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Avril Haines, remarks at the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Worldwide Threat Assessment briefing, April 15, 2021, as quoted in the committee’s May 19, 2021 report.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Source presents lab accident and natural origin as plausible alternatives. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Haines presents laboratory accident and natural origin as plausible alternatives. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The cited House Intelligence report records Haines’s stated two plausible theories. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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