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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.103 · baric_ti:utt:00885

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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
Um --

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Yes.
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    -- into WIV1 --
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Yes.
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    -- is that gain-of-function?
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric
    Um --
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Because do you know what is --
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    It would depend on the outcomes of all the earlier experiments, right. So remember, one of those DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com experiments was to take the virus that had the furin cleavage site in it, resurrect that virus, put it in animals, see what the effect was. Remove the furin cleavage site, see what the effect was. If the furin cleavage site is driving a massive disease phenotype, then that results in a judgment question about whether you would do the next experiment. And it also would then demand the importance of having it reviewed before you proceeded.
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Okay.
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Before you proceed.

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