How Dr Ralph Baric, Peter Daszak, NIH, and Wuhan Institute of Virology Created Primordial SARS-CoV-2

Dr. Peter McCullough™ explains on the Wisenuts Podcast how Dr. Ralph Baric at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill led a US Chinese collaboration in Wuhan, China that created primordial SARS-CoV-2. This was well documented in the peer-reviewed literature. Courtesy Wisenuts Podcast August 8, 2025.

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