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Comment by Ravindra Gupta

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Professor of clinical microbiology at the University of Cambridge.
The lay of the land among scientists is people saying it is most likely of natural origin through the market; there were a lot of animals there and there was evidence of the SARS virus, so most likely that is what happened.
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Sarah Knapton, “Majority of scientists think Beijing not open about Covid origins,” The Telegraph, March 2, 2024, syndicated by Yahoo News.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Gupta says natural market origin is most likely, directly addressing the origin claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Gupta says natural market origin is most likely, opposing the lab-origin claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Yahoo/Telegraph report attributes this exact wording to Ravindra Gupta. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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