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Comment by Benjamin W. Neuman

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Virologist and coauthor of an ASM commentary on SARS-CoV-2 origins and lab-leak claims
I am confident that answers about the origin of SARS-CoV-2 are still out there, somewhere in the natural world, but we have not found them yet.
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Ben Neuman, expert reaction published by the Science Media Centre, April 14, 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 says the answer lies in the natural world, strongly indicating opposition to lab-related origin over zoonotic spillover. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Quote says SARS-CoV-2's origin remains in the natural world; this supports against the lab-origin proposition. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Science Media Centre, 14 Apr 2020, attributes this verbatim statement to Prof Ben Neuman. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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