Hero In Death- Doctor Who Forewarned About COVID, But Was Reprimanded

BY CAMI EZENWA

It’s just absurd that a man who had a foresight about the corona virus now ravaging humanity forewarned the Chinese authorities but was never listened to.

Instead, he was reprimanded by the leading Communist Party for releasing information considered offensive to the party

That indiscretion by the Chinese authorities has seen the virus getting the world down on its knees after decimating several thousands, and sending shock waves down the spines of humanity.

The man, Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, had on 30 December 2019 warned his colleagues about a possible outbreak of an illness that resembled severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), later acknowledged as COVID-19.

He had taken to the social media to share his convinctions,  a stance the authorities did not like.

About a month later, on 3 January 2020, Wuhan police summoned and admonished him what it described as making false comments.

Ironically, Li contracted the virus from an infected patient when he returned to work. He died from the disease on 7 February 2020, aged 33.

Although the government has said it had sent a “solemn apology” to Li’s family and that two police officers, identified only by their surnames, had been issued “disciplinary punishments” for the original handling of the matter.

But Li had become a hero in death.