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The Importance of Ralph Barrick in Coronavirus Research
Ralph Barrick is probably the premier coronavirus researcher in terms of his ability to manipulate these viruses. He was really the person who was doing spectacular new work on coronaviruses. The Xi Jinping lab gets involved in coronavirus research because they basically are hunting down the origin of SARS-1. They want to learn from Ralph Barrick, but he doesn't have access to SARS-like coronavirus.