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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.85 · baric_ti:utt:00756

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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
We worked with Linda Saif's group to develop a molecular clone for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus.

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Oh, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus.
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    What is that?
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    That's a virus that evolved, that emerged in Europe, I don't remember exactly what year. It moved across Europe and got into Asia and Southeast Asia around 2008 or so. It caused massive pandemics in China, and then eventually it arrived here in the United States in 2012.
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Did you do any work on that?
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric
    We worked with Linda Saif's group to develop a molecular clone for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus.
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    And did WIV, that you know of, have that, or were they working on that?
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I would be surprised if they weren't working on it. I don't know if they published on it or not. Linda Saif has swine models, gnotobiotic swine models that she can study viral pathogenesis and vaccine DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com performance. Really her area of expertise. I was glad. I like her a lot. We helped her students develop a molecular clone and then we didn't work on it anymore.
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Okay. I'm going to show you another email here that you're on. It's dated October 24, 2018. It's from Fang Li to you. [Exhibit No. 2 shown.]
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    And it says, "It was nice chatting with you in Wuhan. My student" -- and I don't know how to pronounce this individuals name --

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