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Comment by Alexander L. Greninger

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Virologist and coauthor of an ASM commentary on SARS-CoV-2 origins and lab-leak claims
You can't answer this question through genomics alone.
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Alex Greninger, quoted in Jeanna Bryner, “Wuhan lab says there's no way coronavirus originated there. Here's the science,” Live Science, April 18, 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 genomics alone cannot decide lab versus natural origin, directly bearing on the origin claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago
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AI Verified Lab-related COVID origin rather than zoonosis: abstain; quote says genomics alone cannot resolve lab versus natural origin. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Live Science source attributes the exact genomics statement to Alex Greninger. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago
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