3 ms·

Did you miss the part when they arrested doctors who reported the virus because they didn't want to deal with the virus during a local government meeting and ba

Did you miss the part when they arrested doctors who reported the virus because they didn't want to deal with the virus during a local government meeting and banquet?

TeMPOraL 7y ago
Is it confirmed? I see just some YouTube videos; that + the description upthread triggers my conspiracy theory alarm.
- charlieflowers 7y ago
  This is at least related. Dunno if he was arrested, but the police expressed displeasure. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/asia/coronavirus-doctor-whistle-blower-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/asia/coronavirus-doctor-whist...
- yorwba 7y ago
  Xinhua reporting on the Chinese Supreme Court's stance on the issue includes a section on the 8 people who were punished for spreading rumors and whether that punishment was reasonable: http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-01/28/c_1125508460.htm http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-01/28/c_1125508460.ht... Google Translated: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-01/28/c_1125508460.htm&xid=17259,1500004,15700021,15700186,15700191,15700259,15700271,15700302&usg=ALkJrhjDXv-clXrjsR4J8ObAl2SQxkS1Eg https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&...
- BiasRegularizer 7y ago
  Here is the news from Jan 1 in Chinese. https://www.guancha.cn/politics/2020_01_01_530191.shtml?s=zwyxgtjbt https://www.guancha.cn/politics/2020_01_01_530191.shtml?s=zw...
  - unityByFreedom 7y ago
    Reading the translation, this sounds like what police would say in a parody, yet this is real. Thank you for sharing it and I hope your family and we all make it through this in good health.
- tim333 7y ago
  The FT article has >Piecing together the events in Wuhan shows that for at least three weeks before the banquet, city authorities had been informed about the virus spreading in their midst but issued orders to suppress the news. (https://www.ft.com/content/fa83463a-4737-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441 https://www.ft.com/content/fa83463a-4737-11ea-aeb3-955839e06... linked above)

Did you miss the part when they arrested doctors who reported the virus because they didn't want to deal with the virus during a local government meeting and banquet?

TeMPOraL 7y ago

Is it confirmed? I see just some YouTube videos; that + the description upthread triggers my conspiracy theory alarm.

charlieflowers 7y ago
This is at least related. Dunno if he was arrested, but the police expressed displeasure. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/asia/coronavirus-doctor-whistle-blower-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/asia/coronavirus-doctor-whist...
yorwba 7y ago
Xinhua reporting on the Chinese Supreme Court's stance on the issue includes a section on the 8 people who were punished for spreading rumors and whether that punishment was reasonable: http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-01/28/c_1125508460.htm http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-01/28/c_1125508460.ht... Google Translated: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-01/28/c_1125508460.htm&xid=17259,1500004,15700021,15700186,15700191,15700259,15700271,15700302&usg=ALkJrhjDXv-clXrjsR4J8ObAl2SQxkS1Eg https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&...
BiasRegularizer 7y ago
Here is the news from Jan 1 in Chinese. https://www.guancha.cn/politics/2020_01_01_530191.shtml?s=zwyxgtjbt https://www.guancha.cn/politics/2020_01_01_530191.shtml?s=zw...
- unityByFreedom 7y ago
  Reading the translation, this sounds like what police would say in a parody, yet this is real. Thank you for sharing it and I hope your family and we all make it through this in good health.
tim333 7y ago
The FT article has >Piecing together the events in Wuhan shows that for at least three weeks before the banquet, city authorities had been informed about the virus spreading in their midst but issued orders to suppress the news. (https://www.ft.com/content/fa83463a-4737-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441 https://www.ft.com/content/fa83463a-4737-11ea-aeb3-955839e06... linked above)