Ralph Baric Admits Covid-19 Lab Origin Possible
3rd May 2024
A top scientist said in newly disclosed testimony that a lab origin for the virus that causes COVID-19 is possible, citing how Chinese scientists operated in less-than-ideal conditions.
“You can’t rule that out,” Ralph [‘humanized mice for testing bat Covid’] Baric, a University of North Carolina professor and member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, said in the testimony.
Mr. Baric pointed to how researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, located near where the first cases of COVID-19 were detected, conducted experiments on viruses under biosafety level two conditions, rather than the biosafety level three conditions typically employed elsewhere.