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2024-06-03 19:18:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 77F3621FF8FA173FA4ACD668DF010C276EAE695AC375074FD5F7766FA71A337C
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Original Note:
No, COVID was not likely caused by a lab accident. Substantial evidence suggests COVID-19 originated via a similar pathway to SARS involving a spillover from bats to intermediate hosts in wildlife farms or markets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00991-0 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8337 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2211107119 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.202000325 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bies.202100194 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2202871119 https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1797567949173149786
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