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Comment by Gkikas Magiorkinis

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Assistant professor of hygiene and epidemiology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Closely related coronaviruses have been retrieved from animals such as bats and pangolins which makes the scenario of naturally occurring evolution far more likely than any scenario of laboratory manipulation.
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Gkikas Magiorkinis, expert reaction published by the Science Media Centre, September 15, 2020.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified The quote explicitly says natural evolution is far more likely than laboratory manipulation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Quote says naturally occurring evolution is far more likely than laboratory manipulation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Science Media Centre, 15 Sep 2020, attributes this wording to Dr Gkikas Magiorkinis. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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