Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted) — page 135

DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com There was a lot of discussion about whether aerosol transmission was possible, and in the 2003 outbreak, toilets can result in aerosolized feces, and in Hong Kong it infected, I don't know, 400 people in a single apartment complex, and the plume spread across to two other apartment complexes. So if you think about the toilets in airplanes, the first thing you think of is you worry about potential aerosol and affecting everybody on the plane. So that was the discussion. That lasted about an hour. I did participate in that call and discussion. So did he. My understanding is they put in barriers to prevent aerosolization from the bathrooms, based on that call. Then the next time was in his office, on the 13th or the 11th, sometimes between the 11th and 13th. So those are the times. So I personally think his comments are pretty accurate. Let's be clear. Coronaviruses were not the lead pathogen that caught the interest of the director of the NIH probably until 2019. MS. SALAZAR: Okay. But had you emailed with him back and forth? Surely he knew who you were. Was it your understanding that he requested the meeting with you on the 11th or 13th? DR. BARIC: I'm sure that once somebody gave him the paper, he wanted to talk to me. But again, you know, I have trouble remembering names. The number of people he