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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.97 · baric_ti:utt:00848

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

And I think that there was, in the actual proposal, there was discussion about going to caves in Michigan. So to me that sounds like we might have been doing this in the United States as opposed to China.

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2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

I recall that there was some Michigan --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Yeah. There was a Michigan group that had these kind of sprayers -- DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

But that was part --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Yeah, that was part of it, but the Michigan group also had a vaccine vector where we would put in viral antigens to try to immunize the bats.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar

And I think that there was, in the actual proposal, there was discussion about going to caves in Michigan. So to me that sounds like we might have been doing this in the United States as opposed to China.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

If they were doing it in Michigan, what they were doing were pilot experiments to see if the approach, especially the double-stranded RNA approach, reduced virus titers for North American strains. And there's no sarbecoviruses in North America at this time.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

So what they would be spraying in the caves would not be the gain-of-function?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

No.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay. Why is that?

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