Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted) — page 76

DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com DR. BARIC: That's not true. MS. SALAZAR: Okay. You were not a reviewer of Proximal Origins. DR. BARIC: One hundred percent certain. MS. SALAZAR: Do you know anyone who was? DR. BARIC: No. MS. SALAZAR: Would you tell me if you did? Was Ron Fouchier a reviewer, to your knowledge? DR. BARIC: The reason I'm hesitating is not because I know anyone who reviewed it. The reason I'm hesitating is I was thinking about the confidentiality agreements that journals ask to reviewers about not making their -- you know, they're anonymous reviewers, and they're supposed to remain anonymous. And I was thinking about, well, if I did know them, would it be under the confidentiality agreement that the journal had done. MS. SALAZAR: But that wouldn't apply -- DR. BARIC: That actually doesn't apply here, no. So that's what I was thinking about. Sorry. You sent me down a rabbit hole. But no, I do not know any reviewer for Proximal Origins. MS. SALAZAR: And you are not aware of Ron Fouchier being a reviewer. DR. BARIC: No. He'd be a logical person, I think, yeah.