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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.58 · baric_ti:utt:00465

Page text: p.58 · original PDF

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
    So accidental release would have fallen under the category of natural evolutionary processes in cell culture.
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    That could have been adapted in the lab.
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    That's correct.
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    And so that was the focus of the call. But it sounds like you didn't speak.
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric
    That's correct.
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    It's surprising because you're an expert in this field. DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Not really.
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Oh, you're not? Okay.
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    So before that I had made a presentation to a group that talked about three possibilities for the origin of the virus. If I spoke, I could change the direction of the conversation, and I wanted to hear what the evolutionary biologists had to say.

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