At least eight whistleblowers were arrested in China during Covid-19's early days for allegedly spreading rumors and harming stability.
In a Sunday morning appearance on NBC News' Meet the Press, former Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger said Chinese scientists have been"systemically silenced by their government" from discussing the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, referencing a slew of whistleblowers who reportedly faced retaliation from Chinese officials for speaking out about the virus last year and at times contradicting the information officials disclosed to the public.
speaking out about the virus' origins, with state media broadcasting on Jan. 1, 2020 that Wuhan officials had investigated and punished eight people for"spreading rumors" about the virus on the Internet. One of those people was Dr. Li Wenliang, a doctor at Wuhan Central Hospital who warned colleagues and friends about a potential outbreak on WeChat after treating seven patients—all of whom had gone to a local seafood market—with SARS-like symptoms in late December 2019.
The same day as Li's warning, Wuhan's local health commission told medical institutions about the unknown illness spreading but warned them not to share unauthorized information publicly, according to
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