Thousands of people today posted messages on the social media account of Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm about COVID-19, the anniversary of the day he was informed of possible cases of a virus that causes pneumonia in Wuhan and shared this information with others.
On December 30, 2019, Lee, an ophthalmologist at a hospital in Wuhan, where the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first detected, saw a medical report showing that possible cases of SARS coronavirus were confirmed in the city, as he wrote in a post on the Weibo platform. In early January, after information about “SARS cases” was posted on a WeChat team, Lee was called in by local police, according to the same Weibo post. On January 12, he went to the hospital, where he contracted the virus that causes COVID-19. He died on February 7, 2020.
His death saddened social media users at a time when people were deeply concerned about the virus and authorities were firing on what was believed to be a lack of transparency and a tough approach to public witnesses like Lee. .
Confidence in how China dealt with the pandemic has since grown, but citizens have continued to post messages to Li’s account, especially on anniversaries such as today.
“Happy New Year Dr. “Lee, we will remember you forever,” wrote Tdby.
Other comments on the Weibo platform, similar to Twitter in China, have candle emojis, short thanks, comments on how fast two years have passed.
Fang Ketcheng, a communications researcher at China University in Hong Kong, said Lee’s microblog on Weibo has become a website where people express emotions they do not feel comfortable doing elsewhere.
“Such points are needed in every society to express oneself anonymously, and this is especially true in China today,” he said.
Mainland China has reported 101,683 confirmed cases as of December 28, bringing the death toll to 4,636.
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