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EarthFirst

(2,900 posts)
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:39 PM Feb 2020

The Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on the Wuhan coronavirus has died

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Source: CNN

Beijing (CNN)The Chinese doctor who tried to warn others about the Wuhan coronavirus has died, according to several state media reports.

Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old doctor working in Wuhan, raised the alarm about the novel coronavirus in December, posting in his medical school alumni group on the Chinese messaging app WeChat that seven patients from a local seafood market had been diagnosed with a SARS-like illness and were quarantined in his hospital.

Soon after he posted the message, Li was accused of rumor-mongering by the Wuhan police. He was one of several medics targeted by police for trying to blow the whistle on the deadly virus in the early weeks of the outbreak, which has sickened more than 28,000 people and killed more than 560.

Li was hospitalized on January 12 after contracted the virus from one of his patients, and he was confirmed to have the coronavirus on February 1.

Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/06/asia/li-wenliang-coronavirus-whistleblower-doctor-dies-intl/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-02-06T16%3A10%3A14&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR1gx7rfnTMQK97u_EEkf1t7NS_shtmLTJNTkthpT6jh_cUSYfkorOR2bFk&fbclid=IwAR3RhaUUJJNNLkYDe8G0BS7HexuuTuBFPj2HXgclynGy17RT1a-GuL_t-fM&fbclid=IwAR1JTbn03IUN6fg1CW4xOvsi7Ciq69JTqTC_n36-ZnlNAg7aqmMJU5v6wfc&fbclid=IwAR35YhIa-O6M_nehvBAmppPH-a32MdBsb3pIgcyiiRRH6SS51kcfcyzhGIc&fbclid=IwAR05-sk9KcJr8T3r8KS0DmlUTVP7ywFArjv4npJnHMGkn0eu9FNCiOqEzN0&fbclid=IwAR1ij7EKvQ_YEENWWeRXoXAIm5ziTo7ZLcYM0i2qhTfnHjc901HJyiBCn4w&fbclid=IwAR0k-snPx2aT6uQnSmABKyEmFNzz5geqiGcDuNqME2z3DVa6GcEKDsERabc&fbclid=IwAR0hButBXHSyhNDkLhjvw-BWggY7_3MbR0TNtSxSSCvSDf0VDu-Eav06Vw4



Li was detained and repeatedly summoned by state officials and questioned about his early warning to colleagues...
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The Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on the Wuhan coronavirus has died (Original Post) EarthFirst Feb 2020 OP
:( sakabatou Feb 2020 #1
Hope he gave it to the police and state officials GusBob Feb 2020 #2
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Feb 2020 #3

sakabatou

(42,152 posts)
1. :(
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:39 PM
Feb 2020

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
2. Hope he gave it to the police and state officials
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:51 PM
Feb 2020

That would be justice

Omaha Steve

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3. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:12 PM
Feb 2020

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