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- The origins of the novel coronavirus are still shrouded in mystery, as the Chinese government hasn't offered a plausible explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic since the first cases were confirmed in late 2019.
- A virologist from a Hong Kong University fled the country to escape repercussions for disclosing information about the early days of the Chinese outbreak.
- According to Dr. Li-Meng Yan, China knew the virus can spread from human to human several weeks before acknowledging it to the rest of the world.
The coronavirus pandemic is at least six months old, but we still don't know exactly when it all began. Some studies say it could have started in early fall, but China has yet to give the world a plausible origin story for COVID-19. A Wuhan market was initially identified as the place where the virus had first jumped to a human host, but Chinese officials later said the market was just another victim of the pandemic, not the source. Separately, Chinese officials strongly opposed any theories that the virus escaped from a Wuhan laboratory, and ndependent researchers and intelligence agencies confirmed the infection evolved naturally from animals.
China was also criticized for the lack of transparency and the delayed response, with some western countries arguing that China knew about human-to-human spread well before the rest of the world was informed. China's official COVID-19 figures came into question later on, especially after the virus ravaged parts of Europe and the US. The number of cases and deaths that China reported did not seem to match similar statistics from Europe and the US.
A Chinese virologist from Hong Kong now claims that China knew early on about certain COVID-19 dangers, but chose to hide evidence rather than warn the rest of the world. This whistleblower has now escaped to the U.S. over fears she might be arrested or "disappeared," and she says the local WHO offices failed to act.
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Whistleblower says China has been lying about coronavirus the whole time originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 10:48:04 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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