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Wildlife ecologist at the University of Oxford and coauthor of the Science paper on the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market and COVID-19 origins
It’s hard to assign a definitive origin to the COVID-19 pandemic; not least, by the time the WHO inspected the Huanan market it had been sanitized, removing forensic evidence.
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Chris Newman quoted in Euronews, “China COVID lab leak: What we know and what we don’t know about the origins of the virus,” March 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 Newman says a definitive origin is hard to assign; this supports an abstaining/uncertain position. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Difficulty assigning a definitive origin matches abstain. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Euronews source context attributes this assessment of origin evidence to Chris Newman. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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