Li Wenliang
Monday 30th March – 4.30pm
Let us remember the name and the bravery of the Wuhan doctor who broke to the world the dangers of Coronavirus when the Chinese state wanted to suppress it. He died of the virus, but his intervention forced the hand of the Chinese authorities. Without him we might have discovered about the virus much later. Although it will still be very bad indeed, it could have been worse still but for this brave man. He bought us time, and gave us a fighting chance.
With sadness today I hear from a good friend in Uzbekistan of a doctor who was not so heroic. More of a tragic idiot whose actions have worsened the spread of the virus in her country – a country of great poverty and deprivation.
On 11 March a doctor flew into the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, from France carrying the virus. She attended her clinic unknowingly infecting her colleagues. One of them, a 39 years old male doctor, fell ill but for some bizarre reason decided to treat himself secretly without mentioning anything to anyone. Two days ago he fell into a coma. He died yesterday. Today, official figures state that there are 149 confirmed cases and two dead in Uzbekistan.
Unofficial figures are different.
Let us remember the name and the bravery of the Wuhan doctor who broke to the world the dangers of Coronavirus when the Chinese state wanted to suppress it. He died of the virus, but his intervention forced the hand of the Chinese authorities. Without him we might have discovered about the virus much later. Although it will still be very bad indeed, it could have been worse still but for this brave man. He bought us time, and gave us a fighting chance.
With sadness today I hear from a good friend in Uzbekistan of a doctor who was not so heroic. More of a tragic idiot whose actions have worsened the spread of the virus in her country – a country of great poverty and deprivation.
On 11 March a doctor flew into the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, from France carrying the virus. She attended her clinic unknowingly infecting her colleagues. One of them, a 39 years old male doctor, fell ill but for some bizarre reason decided to treat himself secretly without mentioning anything to anyone. Two days ago he fell into a coma. He died yesterday. Today, official figures state that there are 149 confirmed cases and two dead in Uzbekistan.
Unofficial figures are different.
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