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Epidemiologist, King's College London; co-founder of ZOE; researcher on personalized nutrition and the gut microbiome.
It’s looking increasingly like that was a bit of a cover-up and the most likely source of this was a lab leak from Wuhan.
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U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Final Report, December 4, 2024, citing Tim Spector's November 2024 remarks.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Quote identifies a Wuhan lab leak as the most likely source. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer for verified. Quote calls a Wuhan lab leak the most likely source. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Verified against the cited source; wording, attribution, and date match. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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