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Comment by Ralph Baric

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Coronavirus virologist and former professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The genetic structure of SARS-CoV-2 points to the virus originating in natural wildlife populations, most likely bats, that passed from animals to humans.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Quote directly favors natural zoonotic origin over a lab-related incident. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Correct answer: against. Baric says genetic structure points to natural wildlife populations passing the virus to humans. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified FactCheck.org attributes the exact natural-wildlife-origin wording to Ralph Baric. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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