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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.138 · baric_ti:utt:01139

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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
Maybe two and a half years ago.

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    You can pull it off, yeah. I don't believe we have ever, no. I mean, why would we? We were using public sequences to build viruses. It's not like we were doing this de novo.
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Okay.
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Just to let you know, we have ordered a molecular clone for RaTG13. That genome is heavily debilitated. We eventually isolated it. We have not finished submitting the paper.
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Okay. And when did you isolate it? DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric
    Maybe two and a half years ago.
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Okay. Do you think that Dr. Shi and WIV had the technical capability of doing the work proposed in DEFUSE on their own?
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    With WIV1, absolutely.
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Okay.
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I mean, they had the molecular clone.

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