Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted) — page 57

DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com DR. BARIC: Eddie Holmes. Thank you. You notice I have a problem with names. MS. SALAZAR: I mean, this sounds like the Proximal Origins call. DR. BARIC: I don't know if it was the Proximal Origins call. The purpose of the call was to discuss -- oh, the other person was Ron Fouchier, as well, and Ian Lipkin may have been on the call, as well. Whichever that call was, I was on, okay. MS. SALAZAR: Did you speak? DR. BARIC: No. MS. SALAZAR: Who invited you to that call? DR. BARIC: I don't recall. MS. SALAZAR: You're not on any of the invitation lists, and it's a question. And you don't recall? DR. BARIC: I don't recall. I actually looked at all my records and I can't find the reason why I was on the call. MS. SALAZAR: Do you recall what was discussed on the call? DR. BARIC: Yeah. The purpose of the call was to talk about origins and potential origins. Most of the discussion was led by the evolutionary biologists, who were actually probably the most key, important people in the room. And what they said was that they thought it was