Li Wenliang

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.”