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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.138 · baric_ti:utt:01142

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

Okay.

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2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay. And when did you isolate it? DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Maybe two and a half years ago.
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?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

With WIV1, absolutely.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar

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

I mean, they had the molecular clone.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

So they couldn't have.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Yeah. They had a molecular clone. They've dropped different spike genes in it. So it's the question of basically, I don't know, I'd have to look at the S1/S2 junction. But it would be three or four amino acids that they'd have to drop in. They certainly would have that technology.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

And one last question before we have to break. Do you find it odd that the WIV database went down when it did?