YouCongress
About Sign up

Comment by Felicia Goodrum

Human avatar
Virologist at the University of Arizona; coauthor of an ASM commentary on SARS-CoV-2 origins and lab-leak claims
The evidence that we have to date suggests that SARS-CoV-2 entered the human population by that route. There is no evidence to the contrary or in support of a lab leak, nothing credible.
AI Verified (Jan 27, 2023)
Source:
Felicia Goodrum, quoted in Nell Greenfieldboyce, “Virologists defend their science as officials eye more oversight of risky experiments,” GBH/NPR, January 27, 2023.
Like Share on X 2h ago
Policy proposals and claims
COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
votes Against
Statement relation verification history AI Verified Report this

Statement relation comments

AI Verified Quote explicitly says the evidence supports animal-to-human entry and that no credible evidence supports a lab leak. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
Vote inference verification history AI Verified Report this

Vote answer comments

AI Verified Recorded against matches: quote explicitly favors natural animal-to-human origin and rejects credible lab-leak evidence. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

Quote authenticity verification history

Report this

Quote authenticity comments

AI Verified GBH/NPR (27 Jan 2023) attributes the exact two-sentence quotation to Felicia Goodrum. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
replying to Felicia Goodrum