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cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 11:59 AM Feb 2020

Chinese doctor who tried to sound alarm about coronavirus -- but was silenced by police -- has died

Li Wenliang died Thursday after contracting the coronavirus at his workplace, Wuhan Central Hospital. He became a national hero and a symbol of the Chinese government's failings after friends reported that he sought to sound warnings about the new coronavirus on Dec. 30.

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Chinese doctor who tried to sound alarm about coronavirus -- but was silenced by police -- has died (Original Post) cynatnite Feb 2020 OP
There is a youtube about him, Li Wenliang Beringia Feb 2020 #1
I have watched his videos for quite a while... ret5hd Feb 2020 #3
The only thing I had some questions about Beringia Feb 2020 #4
Damn. dalton99a Feb 2020 #2

ret5hd

(20,489 posts)
3. I have watched his videos for quite a while...
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:18 PM
Feb 2020

He has lived in China for quite a while, is married to a Chinese, and his videos are very educational about the culture there.

I think he knows what he is talking about.

Beringia

(4,316 posts)
4. The only thing I had some questions about
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:41 PM
Feb 2020

were that I think he gets paid for number of views, so that might make him work at promoting sensationalism.
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