Ralph Baric

 

 

SARS/MERS/GoF expert/activist.  Argued in Feb, 2018 that  biosafety .. over-reach (GoF regulation) prevents countermeasure development that could limit or prevent future pandemics. (scio-politics)

SARS study in 2006 was funded by US military (military)

In 2015 he collaborated with Shi on GoF - one of the western scientists who helped export GoF technology to China.  (Chinese military)

One of the first to jump ship from WIV (May 2021) (rat cunning)

Helped develop Remdesivir  (did they think this would be a magic bullet? the antidote?)