COVID-19: There’s more than what meets the eye
Anushka Singh, INN/Gwalior, @Infodeaofficial
The death of whistleblower Dr.Li Wenliang- Dr. Li Wenliang, the face for freedom of speech in China. He was an ophthalmologist in Wuhan. On December 30, 2019, Li signed onto his medical school alumni chatroom and posted a warning about an illness going around which represented the very famous SARC epidemic of 2003. As communication is so monitored in China, the police soon caught up with Dr.Li and made him sign a letter saying that his warning was an unfounded rumor. In an interview with New York Times Dr.Li said that he felt he was being wronged at that time and if there was more transparency it would have been better. After the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, almost an online revolt started in China condemning the authorities for making Dr. Li silenced about the virus. Although, the doctor continued voicing about the virus, but his death with the same virus he has been warning the people about, still remains an irony and a question on the Government of China.
Citizen Journalists were vanished about posting videos on the epidemic- A 34-year-old Chinese citizen Journalist Chen Qiushi roamed around the city of Wuhan documenting various hospitals and construction sites. Over the weekend Chen’s family was told that he has been held in the name of quarantine. His disappearance has led to a surge of anger over Beijing’s handling of the virus outbreak. Similarly, citizen journalist Fang Bin who posted videos appearing to show hospitals treating COVID 19 Patients disappeared along with his videos and posts being vanished. On February 9, Fang stopped posting videos and responding to calls or messages.
The sudden drop in the Chinas mobile and network sector- According to the reports given by the Chinas wireless Carrier companies, 15 million customers who were active previously have stepped down between the period of January to March, when the virus struck the nation hard and also the closure of the 8lakh landlines which is surely not the number of deaths reported by China.
