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Comment by Jing-Bao Nie

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Professor of bioethics at the University of Otago, writing on COVID-19 origins and global biosecurity.
This acknowledgement should not lead to the dismissal of the possibility (e.g., accidental leakage from a BSL-4 or lower biosafety level laboratory) or the legitimate concerns surrounding biosecurity and biosafety in general.
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Jing-Bao Nie, “A transnational public inquiry into COVID-19 origins and global biosecurity,” Frontiers in Communication, January 30, 2026.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified It directly addresses lab-leak possibility while withholding a conclusion on origin, making abstention determinable. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Recorded abstain; verified: It preserves lab-leak possibility but does not conclude lab origin over zoonosis. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Frontiers article by Jing-Bao Nie contains this wording (30 Jan 2026). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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