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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.82 · baric_ti:utt:00736

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

There was an hour discussion, and certainly in part of that discussion is going to be discussion about whether or not it could be engineered. And the answer is, from a technical point of view, yes, it could be engineered. There are some key things that you have to have. The first and most important is a full20 length molecular clone of that virus.

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2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

What I can't remember is whether he showed me the email or not.
2026-04-10 09:00 William Henderson open

Okay. That was the question you'd answered, is that you said you told him no. You didn't tell us no. So I just wanted to get that on the record. Thank you.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Yeah. Let me be 100 percent clear. No, although I like the name.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

So you said that you -- can we get the notes from that call, because I seem to recall that some of the folks on that call were 50/50. It was not clear that they were leaning more towards --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric

There was an hour discussion, and certainly in part of that discussion is going to be discussion about whether or not it could be engineered. And the answer is, from a technical point of view, yes, it could be engineered. There are some key things that you have to have. The first and most important is a full20 length molecular clone of that virus.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Both ends?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

What?
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Is it --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

You have to have a full-length molecular clone of SARS coronavirus. If you have that and it doesn't DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com have a furin cleavage site, you could drop in a cleavage site, using that clone. So technically, it could be engineered, and it should be discussed.

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