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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.27 · baric_ti:utt:00157

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Date
2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type
transcript segment · interview
recipient
Ralph S. Baric, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker
Christina Salazar
Topics
Gain-of-function researchVaccines
One of the calendar invites that we have says that the purpose of the discussion, for you coming in, was to discuss basic research that is gain-of-function, that will further understanding of coronaviruses and corona vaccine development, and two, to address the slowness of the U.S. government P3CO process. Does that sound like the conversation that you had?

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One of the calendar invites that we have says that the purpose of the discussion, for you coming in, was to discuss basic research that is gain-of-function, that will further understanding of coronaviruses and corona vaccine development, and two, to address the slowness of the U.S. government P3CO process. own voice, substantive speaker_own asserts

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    I feel like you would probably remember that. In early 2020, I guess from January to February to that meeting, were you in the United States the entire time?
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Yes, to the best of my recollection.
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    If you weren't, I feel like you would've remembered, right?
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I would think so. But you have to realize what January and February were like for me. I had constant calls going on. And so it was a blur. It really was a blur.
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar
    One of the calendar invites that we have says that the purpose of the discussion, for you coming in, was to discuss basic research that is gain-of-function, that will further understanding of coronaviruses and corona vaccine development, and two, to address the slowness of the U.S. government P3CO process. Does that sound like the conversation that you had?
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    The first part, absolutely. I don't DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com recall much in the discussion of the slowness of the P3CO process. But if it says it in the email then at some point they may have wanted to discuss that. I don't know. Was that something that I said?
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    No, it wasn't. But in the agenda items that we've seen from other officials, that's the agenda that was on there. But from your House testimony it sounded like that wasn't necessarily what was discussed.
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I don't recall that part being in the House, so I think the House testimony is actually accurate.
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    So can you let us know what you all talked about and who was present?

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