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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.87 · baric_ti:utt:00775

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

I don't believe anyone had it. I would have to review the Chinese papers again that were published. The Chinese published a couple of papers on different MERS strains. I don't think they used 422, and I don't think they made molecular clones for either of them.

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

Chuming, yes. Qibin, if he emailed me, I'm familiar with his name.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay. Did you ever receive any of these viruses from --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

No. No one in the United States had MERS 422. We synthetically resurrected it in my lab.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

And so who had it outside of the United States?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric

I don't believe anyone had it. I would have to review the Chinese papers again that were published. The Chinese published a couple of papers on different MERS strains. I don't think they used 422, and I don't think they made molecular clones for either of them.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay. And did you ever receive any biological samples by hand from any of Fang Li or Fang Li's postdocs?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Fang Li sent me reagents in the mail. We had collaborative grants together, so certainly we collaborated and exchanged samples on occasion, yeah.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Reagents of what? DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Well, the grants were formulated in such a way that he would do biochemical studies and then we would do some more validation studies in the context of live viruses.

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