Chinese whistleblower doctor honoured on death anniversary

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Dr. Li Wenliang is the 34-year-old ophthalmologist was one of eight whistleblowers who local authorities punished

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A security guard stands neaby as a man visiting the Wuhan Central Hospital leaves flowers in memory of Li Wenliang, the whistleblower doctor who sounded the alarm and was reprimanded by local police for it in the early days of Wuhan's pandemic, prior to the anniversary of his death, in central China's Hubei province, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021.

The Chinese public embraced Li, whose presence online had painted a picture of an ordinary person. His wife was pregnant and he was soon to be a father. He sent the “rumour” because he wanted to warn others. Chinese people grieved his death, online and offline. Mourners brought flowers to the hospital, while online some people were furious and demanded for freedom of speech — posts that were quickly censored.“A healthy society should not have just one type of voice,” Li had said in an interview with the Chinese business magazine Caixin last year.Central government authorities conducted an investigation in Li’s death, concluding that the officer who punished the doctor should be reprimanded.

That victorious narrative has been underscored more by the devastation the pandemic has wreaked in many other countries. However, many have questioned China’s response to the virus and its level of transparency during the initial weeks.

 

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Whistleblower... IMAGINE... a world where a Doctor tells his Government officials that there is a virus killing people and u r concerned... in death from said virus ur called a whistleblower!? IMAGINE ...

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