Posted on 06/07/2020 12:02:46 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A Wuhan doctor who worked with coronavirus whistleblower Li Wenliang died of the virus on Tuesday, state media reported, becoming China's first COVID-19 fatality in weeks.
Hu Weifeng, a urologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, passed away after being treated for COVID-19 and allied issues for more than four months, state broadcaster CCTV said.
He is the sixth doctor from Wuhan Central Hospital to have died from the virus, which emerged in the central Chinese city late last year.
Cases have dwindled dramatically from the peak in mid-February as the country appears to have brought the outbreak largely under control.
The official death toll in the country of 1.4 billion people stands at 4,634 -- well below the number of fatalities in less populous nations.
Wuhan Central Hospital has yet to give a formal statement on Hu's death. In early February it said some 68 staff members had contracted coronavirus.
Hu's condition became a national concern after Chinese media showed images of him with his skin turned black due to liver damage.
Fellow doctor Yi Fan showed similar symptoms, but recovered and has since been discharged from hospital.
The death of their colleague Li Wenliang in February triggered a national outpouring of grief and rage against the government as he documented his final days on social media.
The 34-year-old ophthalmologist was reprimanded by authorities after he warned colleagues about the virus in late December.
Beijing has since named him a national martyr, but suppressed much of the dissent and criticism sparked by his death.
Other medical whistleblowers at Wuhan Central Hospital -- including emergency unit director Ai Fen -- have told Chinese media they were punished by authorities for speaking out.
China has not released a complete figure of the number of medical worker deaths from COVID-19, but at least 34 medics have been awarded posthumous honours by health authorities.
In February the National Health Commission said about 3,387 health workers had been infected.
Sounds familiar...
Round up the usual suspects..
Another Wuhan Doctor At Whistleblower’s Hospital Dies From ?????; The sixth doctor from Wuhan Central Hospital to have died from the ?????!
Yeah, there’s something fishy going on here. Of course it is China so..... One of the doctors was only 34. Highly unusual.
“The official death toll in the country of 1.4 billion people stands at 4,634 — well below the number of fatalities in less populous nations.”
4634...You can make up any number when the bodies can never be found.
“State Media”
I think China made all this up to create panic in the rest of the world.
It worked.
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they were “helped” into the next life.
Here it comes.... the DREADED, INVENTED Second Wave.....
it’s what’s next and you can’t open up America on this basis no sir!
China is very efficient with Arkancide before the Clintons made it famous.
Wouldn’t be a stretch.
COVID-19 or Glock-19, reported as COVID-19?
Nope, not falling for it anymore.
It’s over. Let’s get back to work!
How do I know they didn't? Because they didn't place blame on it.
Another Wuhan doctor dies of coranavirus, after falling off a really tall building.
Ho Lee Fuk
Sum Ting Wong here
Exactly. Every time I hear that phrase, since a little kid-— there is the last scene from “On the Waterfront” as the beaten to near pulp character Brando played barely crosses the dock to the warehouse door (and all the rest of the longshoremen won’t work if he can’t make it, but he does).
And a big guy in a camel hair coat and a Stetson says—”Alright, Let’s get to Work”.
And the mobster union thug yells at them... I’ll be back I’ll get to every one of ya—. And THAT is Biden and Pelosi and the entire rotten pack of demonrats who deny opportunity to any who don’t toe their crap. Piss on them! Whenever we have a chance.
Let’s start with Amy Klobuchar-— who KILLED George Floyd by not “rehabilitating him” when she could. FACT. Scare the crap out of her and reminds every one.
It’s only the flu, bro. It’s not very contagious. The death rate is fake. It only kills old Trump voters.
[Little irony and sarcasm there. The following is serious.]
Find the tiny bit of toughness and self-discipline to wear a mask without whining. Practice a little physical distancing. [In other words, don’t be a slob.]
And go to work. Produce! Make America Great Again! Have the patience of a grownup.
Four months is enough!
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