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On December 30, 2019 Dr. Li posted the lab test result of a coronavirus patient in a group chat to a class of about 150 students writing: | On December 30, 2019 Dr. Li posted the lab test result of a coronavirus patient in a group chat to a class of about 150 students writing: | ||
{{Quotebox|“7 cases of SARS have been confirmed in the South China Fruit and Seafood Market and they were isolated in the emergency department of our hospital. Please tell your families to take preventative measures.”}} | {{Quotebox|“7 cases of SARS have been confirmed in the South China Fruit and Seafood Market and they were isolated in the emergency department of our hospital. Please tell your families to take preventative measures.”}} | ||
| + | Some doctors confirmed that healthcare workers were starting to become infected around this time, a significant sign that the virus could spread between humans. Health officials in Wuhan were alerted. Instead of ramping up safety measures and alerting the public, on the same day they issued a notice forbidding all medical institutes or individuals from disclosing any information regarding the new disease. | ||
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| + | At midnight, Dr. Li was summoned by the CCP Security Police. They questioned him about why he was spreading rumors online. A few days later, Dr. Li was asked to sign a confession to charges of committing two [[crime]]s against the [[leftist]] regime. | ||
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Revision as of 06:37, March 30, 2020
Dr. Li Wenliang (1986-2020) was an ophthalmologist in Wuhan, China who became a whistleblower and victim of the Chinese Communist Party (CCPt). Efforts by Dr. Li to alert the Chinese people to CCP coronavirus in late December 2019 in the face of communist censorship and repression, and his death 5 weeks later elevated to Dr. Li to the status of folk hero among the Chinese people.
On December 30, 2019 Dr. Li posted the lab test result of a coronavirus patient in a group chat to a class of about 150 students writing:
“7 cases of SARS have been confirmed in the South China Fruit and Seafood Market and they were isolated in the emergency department of our hospital. Please tell your families to take preventative measures.”
Some doctors confirmed that healthcare workers were starting to become infected around this time, a significant sign that the virus could spread between humans. Health officials in Wuhan were alerted. Instead of ramping up safety measures and alerting the public, on the same day they issued a notice forbidding all medical institutes or individuals from disclosing any information regarding the new disease.
At midnight, Dr. Li was summoned by the CCP Security Police. They questioned him about why he was spreading rumors online. A few days later, Dr. Li was asked to sign a confession to charges of committing two crimes against the leftist regime.
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