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Comment by Francis S. Collins

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Physician-geneticist who served as Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health from 2009 to 2021.
The scientific evidence to date indicates that the virus is likely the result of viral evolution in nature, potentially jumping directly to humans or through an unidentified intermediary animal host.
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Francis S. Collins, “Statement on Misinformation about SARS-CoV-2 Origins,” National Institutes of Health, October 20, 2021.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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