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Comment by Arturo Casadevall

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Physician-scientist and microbiologist at Johns Hopkins; coauthor of an ASM editorial on SARS-CoV-2 origin hypotheses
I would say it strengthens the zoonotic idea, that is, the idea that it came from an animal at the market.
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Arturo Casadevall, quoted in Michelle Butterfield, “What is a raccoon dog and why is it being linked to COVID-19’s origin?”, Global News, March 21, 2023.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Casadevall says the evidence strengthens a market-animal zoonotic origin, directly bearing on—and opposing—the lab-incident claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Casadevall’s zoonotic market-animal assessment supports the recorded against answer to the lab-origin claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Global News (Mar. 21, 2023) attributes this wording to Arturo Casadevall and reports it as his assessment of market-animal evidence. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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