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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.53 · baric_ti:utt:00409

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Date
2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type
transcript segment · interview
recipient
Christina Salazar, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker
Ralph S. Baric
That's correct.

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Gain-of-function experiment.
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Oh, okay. So it's under the gain-of22 function pause.
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Well, as told to me, as told to Fang Li, actually, there is one experiment that they think needs to be reviewed by the new committee that is formed after the DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com Trump administration formed that committee.
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Which hasn't been formed.
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric
    That's correct.
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    So it's indefinitely paused.
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    It is in purgatory, yes.
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Okay. And what is the work, specifically?
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Most of the work was on mouse hepatitis virus. One of the aims included some merbecoviruses, specifically two merbecoviruses called MERS-422 and MjHKU4. And there's some mouse data in there that they want to have reviewed.

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