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Comment by James Le Duc

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Virologist and biosafety expert; former director of the Galveston National Laboratory.
If nothing significant was found, it would help reassure the world that it is unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a laboratory.
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James Le Duc, June 2021 email quoted in Emily Kopp, “What would Jim do?: U.S. virologist close to Wuhan lab quietly called for investigation,” U.S. Right to Know, March 3, 2022.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Le Duc says an investigation finding nothing would make laboratory origin unlikely, bearing directly on the lab-versus-zoonotic claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified U.S. Right to Know reproduces Le Duc’s June 2021 email with the same wording and attribution. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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