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Comment by Rochelle Walensky

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Physician-scientist and former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
COVID-19 originating in a laboratory is a possibility, but most novel coronaviruses have an animal origin.
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Rochelle Walensky Senate testimony, reported by ASCP/CNBC, May 20, 2021.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Walensky presents a lab origin as possible while stressing animal origins, supporting an abstaining/uncertain position. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote treats lab origin as possible but emphasizes animal origins, matching abstain. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified ASCP's report of Walensky's Senate testimony gives the quoted laboratory-possibility and animal-origin wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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