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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.76 · baric_ti:utt:00672

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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
Topics
Proximal Origin paper
That actually doesn't apply here, no. So that's what I was thinking about. Sorry. You sent me down a rabbit hole. But no, I do not know any reviewer for Proximal Origins.

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    No.
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Would you tell me if you did? Was Ron Fouchier a reviewer, to your knowledge?
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    The reason I'm hesitating is not because I know anyone who reviewed it. The reason I'm hesitating is I was thinking about the confidentiality agreements that journals ask to reviewers about not making their -- you know, they're anonymous reviewers, and they're supposed to remain anonymous. And I was thinking about, well, if I did know them, would it be under the confidentiality agreement that the journal had done.
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    But that wouldn't apply --
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric
    That actually doesn't apply here, no. So that's what I was thinking about. Sorry. You sent me down a rabbit hole. But no, I do not know any reviewer for Proximal Origins.
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    And you are not aware of Ron Fouchier being a reviewer.
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    No. He'd be a logical person, I think, yeah. DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Have you ever seen the reviewer comments?
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    No, I haven't.

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