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2023-10-08 22:23:53 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DFFA949F81AE93DDECCA49312B220D9959EB577DBE47F3BEE07A849387788E6F
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There's no evidence all COVID-19 variants were engineered in a lab. Variants arise via mutation, especially mutation when the immune system isn't present to slow replication. Variant emergence has been linked to long-term infections in individuals who were immunocompromised https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02148-8 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588933821000558
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