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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.67 · baric_ti:utt:00573

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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
But at that point you were not -- I think you've rated it as more likely natural, but you weren't -- what would you rate it?

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Who was it?
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I would say it's more likely to be Peter Daszak.
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Okay. So was that something that Peter Daszak expressed on the call?
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I recall that people challenged the idea that it could be a lab leak.
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar
    But at that point you were not -- I think you've rated it as more likely natural, but you weren't -- what would you rate it?
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I never ruled out lab leak possibility. I don't see how anyone can. And the reason that is, is that they've published papers saying that they did their work at BSL-2. Biological Safety Level 2 is less stringent than Biological Safety Level 3. So there are many more laboratory-acquired infections at BSL-2 than at BSL-3. And so if you're working with viruses than use human receptors and growing human cells, and you're doing it at BSL-2, you DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com cannot ever conclusively say that there was not a laboratory leak.
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    So you think that he was referring to Peter Daszak, so when he's saying, "I wonder if he, himself, is worried about this too."
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I have absolutely no concerns about, no hesitation to tell you that I was not involved in the creation of this virus in any way. I'm 100 percent certain.
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    So that February 3rd call, what was the purpose of it?

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