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Comment by Michael Osterholm

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Epidemiologist and director of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
So all I can say is at this point, I think the evidence is more supportive of a spillover event than it was with an actual lab leak.
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Michael Osterholm, “Episode 127: A Tough Two Weeks,” CIDRAP, March 23, 2023.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Osterholm says evidence favors spillover over lab leak, directly opposing the lab-incident claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Spillover evidence favored over lab leak matches against. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified CIDRAP episode source attributes this spillover-over-lab-leak assessment to Michael Osterholm. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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