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Comment by Francois Balloux

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Computational biologist and professor at University College London specializing in pathogen evolution and genomics.
three independent scientific approaches (direct, serology, and phylogenetics) are highly consistent in pointing to a host jump of SARS-CoV-2 from animals to humans around November 2019.
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Francois Balloux quoted in Deborah Cohen, “Did covid-19 come from a lab leak in China?”, The BMJ, August 2, 2023.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Natural animal-to-human host jump directly bears on lab incident versus zoonotic spillover. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Balloux’s cited natural animal-to-human host jump opposes a lab-related origin. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The BMJ article attributes the stored statement to Francois Balloux. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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