Posted on 02/01/2020 4:58:20 PM PST by BenLurkin
A Chinese doctor who warned about the coronavirus in December and was reprimanded by Chinese authorities for "spreading rumors" has been infected by the illness.
“Today’s nucleic acid (novel coronavirus) test came back positive. Everything is settled now — it’s finally confirmed,” Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, wrote on Weibo, a Chinese social media app.
Wuhan Central Hospital is ground zero for the epidemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 250 Chinese people and infected over 10,000.
In late December, Li and eight other doctors reported sick patients with symptoms that bore a striking resemblance to SARS. He then sent a message to other medical professionals on WeChat that read: “Seven cases of SARS confirmed.”
“After I sent the message, the police found me and made me sign an official letter of criticism,” Li recounted on Saturday.
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ping
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. :(
You were expecting something else? O_O
I appreciate the Doctor’s courage.
Hope he gets well
Now THIS is a real whistleblower..hope he will be OK
His name Chi Yara Mela. Eric for short.
I wonder what the likelihood of him surviving this is....
This is worth following.
Infectious Disease ping.
Prayers up for this brave man!
Oh, did they found some guy to take blame as the whistle blower?
Scary!!
Prayers up, for this doc.
Thank you, metmom.
One way to get rid of him I guess. Notice how “it came from eating bat soup” sorta disappeared.
I see what you did there.
Did not!
The reports I’ve read put the mortality rate in the 2% range. But that’s what China is reporting. Some question this.
Marvelous. So the deep state, Chinese citizens trust with their health and security, actually punished a doctor who could have prevented so many of their deaths. With a government like that, who needs enemies.
Link from David Paulk’s Tweet which is referenced in the article,
‘Rumormonger’ Doctor Who Raised the Alarm Says He Has Coronavirus
I question EVERYTHING that comes from the Chinese government.
Their actions tell me more and so far their actions are alarming.
I suspect there’s more to this virus than just the illness we are seeing.
Based on history, this epidemic will die out, and a few years from now will be an unpleasant but pretty vague, distorted, mostly forgotten memory.
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