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Expert opinions on Covid 19 Origins
Quotes, votes and policy statements on Covid 19 Origins from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
73 sourced quotes · 3 policy proposals and claims
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For (19)Added 1h agoHudson InstituteWashington, D.C. policy institutevotes For and says:
In The Code as Witness, which was published on June 9, Dr. Steven Quay shows how the genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 points directly to human engineering. He warns that irresponsible and unregulated gain-of-function research is accelerating, and that ...
more AI Verified source (Jun 15, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (3)Added 1h agoCory FranklinRetired intensive care physicianabstains and says:DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (16)Added 1h agoSergei PondTemple biologist, viral evolution researchervotes Against and says:There was nothing remarkable about SARS-CoV-2’s evolution from what we could tell [...] Every single significant pathogen that you’ve heard of, like HIV, coronaviruses, influenza or measles—they all originated in animals, but it is not necessarily ob...
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For (4)Added 2h agoSteven NovellaYale neurologist and science communicatorvotes For and says:
There are two types of evidence, broadly speaking, we can bring to bear on this question. The first is epidemiological – looking at the earliest cases of COVID including the strains of virus with which they were infected, and data on the virus (such ...
more AI Verified source (Mar 4, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Added 1h agoAlan B FranklinUSDA wildlife scientistvotes Against and says:The competing hypotheses on the origins of SARS-CoV-2 – the pathogen responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic – have been hotly debated in the scientific literature and popular media, especially with respect to the hypothesis that SARS-Cov-2 originated ...
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For (4)Added 1h agoDavey SmithUCSD infectious-disease physicianvotes For and says:
Like all known human coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 originated from animals, most likely through wildlife sold at the Huanan Seafood Market, with bats serving as the deeper evolutionary reservoir. Since its emergence in humans, SARS-CoV-2 has repeatedly c...
more AI Verified source (Mar 3, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 2h ago23 of the 27 original members of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel PathogensWHO origins-panel coalitionabstains and says:We also know that the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan had a significant role in the early transmission and initial spread of the virus. Metagenomic sequencing of environmental samples collected at the market has indicated that several wildlife species...
more Disputed source (Feb 24, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (7)Added 1h agoTom CottonU.S. Senator from Arkansas (Republican); member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committeesvotes Against and says:Pointing out that COVID leaked from a lab in Communist China was never a conspiracy, it was common sense. The conspiracy was Tony Fauci and his assistants doing Xi Jinping’s dirty work and lying about COVID’s origins. I’m thankful that the Department...
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