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1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
   So what they would be spraying in the caves would not be the gain-of-function?
2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
   No.
3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
   Okay. Why is that?
4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
   So gain-of-function, you're talking about a live virus.
5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar
   What would they be spraying?
6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
   They're spraying a small, double-stranded RNA molecule that induces host innate immune responses. That's host defense molecules that prevent virus infection, or limit virus replication.
7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
   Why are they trying to do these two DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com different tasks? So they're doing something to gain function and they're doing something to spread --
8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
   No. So you're confounding experiments. The first aim, again, is to sort of walk through this process of what makes a threat virus, how do you identify it, and how do you then try to counter that threat approach.
9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
   With, so --

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