The Wuhan CDC issued an emergency warning to local hospitals on December 30, 2019, regarding a number of mysterious "pneumonia" cases discovered in the city the previous week. On the same day, Li, who worked at Wuhan Central Hospital, received an internal diagnostic report of a suspected SARS patient from other doctors, which he then shared with his Wuhan University alumni via a WeChat group. When that shared report was later made public, despite his request for confidentiality from those with whom he shared the information, he was labeled a whistleblower.
SecondlifePman on February 7th, 2022 at 13:35 UTC »
Rest In Peace, hero.
LordFluffy on February 7th, 2022 at 14:48 UTC »
Diseases shouldn't require whistleblowers. Or chemical spills. Or other threats to public health.
We should just want to know about them. So we can stop people from getting sick or dying.
Why is that so fucking hard for people to understand?
EDIT: Anyone who is responding to this with, "Well, in X country..." is missing the point I'm trying to make.
DunHen on February 7th, 2022 at 15:03 UTC »
The Wuhan CDC issued an emergency warning to local hospitals on December 30, 2019, regarding a number of mysterious "pneumonia" cases discovered in the city the previous week. On the same day, Li, who worked at Wuhan Central Hospital, received an internal diagnostic report of a suspected SARS patient from other doctors, which he then shared with his Wuhan University alumni via a WeChat group. When that shared report was later made public, despite his request for confidentiality from those with whom he shared the information, he was labeled a whistleblower.