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Vorlage:Use mdy dates Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:Infobox medical person Vorlage:Chinese name Li-Meng Yan (chinesisch 閆麗夢) or Limeng Yan, or in the USA, Yan Li Meng, is a doctor of Chinese virology and an international whistleblower[1][2][3][4] who claims that SARS-CoV-2 was made in a lab[5] and that the Chinese government and the World Health Organization knew about person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 much earlier than reported.[6]

Childhood and early life

Dr. Li-Meng's is reportedly from the Chinese area of Qingdao.[7] Her family history remains a secret for her and her family's personal safety as they remain inside communist Chinese jurisdiction.

Dr. Li-Meng received her MD from Xiangya Medical College of Central South University. Dr. Li-Meng went on to earn her PhD from Southern Medical University.[8] Her research includes the study of The inhibition effect of propranolol on the corneal neovascularization in an alkali-induced injury mouse model[9] and the challenges in developing a universal influenza vaccine.[10] At the time of the COVID-19 pandemic she was employed at the Hong Kong School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong (HKU), conducting research specialised in virology and immunology.[11]

Dr. Li-Meng is reported to have fled Hong Kong in early April[12], before the CCP completed its reacquisition of the Hong Kong territory under direct Beijing control.

COVID-19

Yan claims that she was one of the first scientists in the world to study the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, after Leo Poon, her supervisor at HKU (a WHO reference lab), asked her to look into a cluster of SARS-like cases in Wuhan, in December 2019.[7] According to Fox News, Yan maintained an extensive network of medical professionals from mainland China, one of whom told Yan about human-to-human transmission of the novel disease on 31 December 2019.[13] According to Yan, she reported her findings about the virus multiple times to her superiors, including one on 16 January, after which she says she was warned by her supervisor "to keep silent and be careful."[14]

She co-authored a paper called "Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters", published in Nature in May 2020, regarding transmission of the virus in hamsters. This paper was co-authored by her now former colleagues at HKU.[15] She also co-authored a paper called "Viral dynamics in mild and severe cases of COVID-19" published in The Lancet in March 2020, regarding the viral shedding patterns observed in patients with mild and severe COVID-19. This paper was also co-authored by three of her now former colleagues at HKU.[16]

In interviews, Yan accused the Chinese government of knowing about the novel coronavirus before it publicly said that it did and said that lives could have been saved if they had not censored her work.[7][17] She also accused her supervisors, including Leo Poon and Malik Peiris, of ignoring research that she was doing at the onset of the pandemic that she says could have also saved lives.[7][17] Feeling that she and her colleagues had an obligation to tell the world of their research[18] given their status as a World Health Organization reference laboratory, Yan fled to the United States on 28 April with what she said was her intention of delivering "the message of the truth of COVID," adding if she tried to tell her story in China, she said that she would be "disappeared and killed."[7][17] Yan's interviews and accusations were subsequently cited in other media outlets.[13][19][20][21][3][22][23][24][25]

In July 2020, a press release from HKU denied her claim and stated that "HKU notes that the content of the said news report does not accord with the key facts as we understand them. Specifically, Dr Yan never conducted any research on human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus at HKU during December 2019 and January 2020, her central assertion of the said interview. We further observe that what she might have emphasised in the reported interview has no scientific basis but resembles hearsay."[26] The press release did not mention when and why Yan left HKU.[27] According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the director of HKU's School of Public Health, Keiji Fukuda, said in an internal memo to staff that none of the researchers named by Yan were involved in any cover-up or "secret research".[27]

In September 2020, Yan was interviewed on the talk show Loose Women and said she planned to release scientific evidence that SARS-CoV-2 was made in a Wuhan laboratory. According to Yan, "this virus is not from nature". The director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology has denied that the virus accidentally spread from the facility.[5]

Later in September, Yan co-authored a pre-print research paper named "Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification Rather Than Natural Evolution and Delineation of Its Probable Synthetic Route."[28] Three other researchers were listed as co-authors, but the SCMP was unable to find any prior work from them.[29] The paper was uploaded to the Zenodo website, an open-access repository where anyone can post their research.[30] The paper is affiliated with the Rule of Law Society, founded by Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui.[28][30] The Rule of Law Society had not previously published scientific or medical research.[30] Yan had previously appeared on Bannon's "War Room" podcast.[29][30]

According to the paper's abstract, "SARS-CoV-2 shows biological characteristics that are inconsistent with a naturally occurring, zoonotic virus" and that it could have been created in a lab in approximately six months.[31][32] According to Newsweek, several experts in evolutionary biology and infectious disease, including Jonathan Eisen and Carl Bergstrom, said the paper did not include new information, contained multiple unsubstantiated claims and had a weak scientific case.[28] According to Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at Columbia University, the paper was "basically all circumstantial and some of it is entirely fictional".[30]

After describing her newly published research paper in a Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson in mid-September 2020, Yan said she believed the Chinese government intentionally released the virus.[33]

On 15 September 2020, Yan's Twitter account was suspended, although the reason for the suspension was unclear. She had only four visible posts and one linked to the preprint paper that had not been peer reviewed.[34]

References

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  1. ↑ Coronavirus Whistleblower: Exclusive Fox News Interview, July 10, 2020 
  2. ↑ Amy Jones: Former MI6 chief who has made academic claims via published and censored research, that there exists a 'close linkage' between Huawei and Chinese military, July 12, 2020 „Meanwhile, a Chinese virologist claimed authorities in Beijing knew about the coronavirus outbreak in December, weeks before admitting it to the world. Dr Li-Meng Yan said she was one of the first experts asked to examine a cluster of cases emerging in Wuhan last year. The whistleblower alleges she was given the task by Professor Leo Poon, her supervisor at the Hong Kong School of Public Health.“ 
  3. ↑ a b Whistleblower says China has been lying about coronavirus the whole time, July 13, 2020 
  4. ↑ 'We don't have much time': Doctor's disturbing claims about China's virus 'cover-up', Yahoo Australia, July 14, 2020 „Claiming to have “chatlogs” with telling communication with others in China, Dr Li-Meng said she was willing to “provide all the evidence to the US government”. She was also aware however of the danger this could put her in, given her knowledge of how China treats whistleblowers.“ 
  5. ↑ a b Natalie Musumeci: Chinese virologist claims she has proof COVID-19 was made in Wuhan lab. In: New York Post. 11. September 2020, abgerufen am 14. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  6. ↑ Ebony Bowden: Chinese virologist in hiding after accusing Beijing of coronavirus cover-up In: New York Post, 10 July 2020. Abgerufen im 11 July 2020 
  7. ↑ a b c d e Barnini Chakraborty: EXCLUSIVE: Chinese virologist accuses Beijing of coronavirus cover-up, flees Hong Kong: 'I know how they treat whistleblowers' In: Fox News, July 9, 2020. Abgerufen im July 11, 2020 
  8. ↑ CNN Indonesia: Li-Meng Yan, Pakar Virologi Pengungkap Sumber Corona di China. In: CNN Indonesia. 4. August 2020, abgerufen am 16. September 2020 (id-id).
  9. ↑ 普萘洛尔对小鼠角膜碱烧伤模型中新生血管抑制作用的实验研究.
  10. ↑ Valkenburg SA, Leung NHL, Bull MB, Yan LM, Li APY, Poon LLM: The Hurdles From Bench to Bedside in the Realization and Implementation of a Universal Influenza Vaccine. In: Front Immunol. 9. Jahrgang, 2018, S. 1479, doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.01479, PMID 30013557, PMC 6036122 (freier Volltext) – (nih.gov).
  11. ↑ Li-Meng Yan MD, PhD, University of Hong Kong. In: Keystone Symposia. Abgerufen am 11. Juli 2020.
  12. ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/hong-kong-virologist-who-fled-to-us-accuses-china-of-covering-up-covid-threat/ar-BB16CjhT
  13. ↑ a b Ebony Bowden: Chinese virologist in hiding after accusing Beijing of coronavirus cover-up In: New York Post, July 10, 2020. Abgerufen im July 11, 2020 
  14. ↑ Barnini Chakraborty: EXCLUSIVE: Chinese virologist accuses Beijing of coronavirus cover-up, flees Hong Kong: 'I know how they treat whistleblowers'. Abgerufen im July 11, 2020 „She said she reported her findings to her supervisor again on Jan. 16 but that's when he allegedly told her "to keep silent, and be careful." "As he warned me before, 'Don't touch the red line,'" Yan said referring to the government. "We will get in trouble and we'll be disappeared."“ 
  15. ↑ (PDF) Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters. Abgerufen am 5. August 2020 (englisch).
  16. ↑ Yang Liu, Li-Meng Yan, Lagen Wan, Tian-Xin Xiang, Aiping Le, Jia-Ming Liu, Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon, Wei Zhang: Viral dynamics in mild and severe cases of COVID-19. In: The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. 20. Jahrgang, Nr. 6, Juni 2020, ISSN 1474-4457, S. 656–657, doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30232-2, PMID 32199493, PMC 7158902 (freier Volltext) – (nih.gov).
  17. ↑ a b c Hong Kong virologist claiming coronavirus cover-up tells 'Bill Hemmer Reports': 'We don't have much time' 
  18. ↑ Barnini Chakraborty: EXCLUSIVE: Chinese virologist accuses Beijing of coronavirus cover-up, flees Hong Kong: 'I know how they treat whistleblowers'. Abgerufen im July 11, 2020 „She adds that they likely had an obligation to tell the world, given their status as a World Health Organization reference laboratory specializing in influenza viruses and pandemics, especially as the virus began spreading in the early days of 2020.“ 
  19. ↑ Hong Kong virologist, who fled to US, accuses China of covering up Covid threat, July 11, 2020 
  20. ↑ Chinese virologist, who fled Hong Kong, accuses Beijing of coronavirus cover-up, Wion 
  21. ↑ Amy Jones: Former MI6 chief claims there is 'close linkage' between Huawei and Chinese military, July 12, 2020 
  22. ↑ 'We don't have much time': Doctor's disturbing claims about China's virus 'cover-up', Yahoo Australia, July 14, 2020 
  23. ↑ Chinese Virologist Details Beijing’s Lies about the Contagiousness of the Coronavirus 
  24. ↑ Virologist who fled to US from Hong Kong, ANI, July 11, 2020 
  25. ↑ Chinese govt knew about coronavirus, tried to cover it up: Hong Kong scientist who fled to US, July 11, 2020 
  26. ↑ HKU responds to the media concerning a former staff member’s TV interview, July 11, 2020. Abgerufen im July 12, 2020 
  27. ↑ a b Low, Zoe (July 16, 2020). "Coronavirus: HKU school head chides former worker for tarring reputation of ex-colleagues on American TV over alleged research cover-up" South China Morning Post.
  28. ↑ a b c Kashmira G, er On 9/15/20 at 5:09 PM EDT: Fact-check: Does a new study give evidence that the coronavirus was made in a lab? In: Newsweek. 15. September 2020, abgerufen am 16. September 2020 (englisch).
  29. ↑ a b Baptista, Eduardo (September 16, 2020) "‘Artificial coronavirus’ study linked to Steve Bannon and Chinese fugitive Guo Wengui" South China Morning Post.
  30. ↑ a b c d e Steve Bannon Is Behind Bogus Study That China Created COVID. In: The Daily Beast. Abgerufen am 16. September 2020 (englisch).
  31. ↑ Li-Meng Yan, Shu Kang, Jie Guan, Shanchang Hu: Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification Rather Than Natural Evolution and Delineation of Its Probable Synthetic Route. 14. September 2020, doi:10.5281/zenodo.4028830 (zenodo.org).
  32. ↑ Chinese virologist Dr Li-Meng Yan publishes report claiming COVID-19 was made in a lab. In: www.theaustralian.com.au. 15. September 2020, abgerufen am 15. September 2020.
  33. ↑ Sam Dorman: Chinese virologist: China's government 'intentionally' released COVID-19. In: Fox News. 15. September 2020, abgerufen am 16. September 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  34. ↑ Jason Murdock: Twitter Suspends Account of Chinese Virologist Who Claimed Coronavirus Was Made in a Lab In: Newsweek, 16. September 2020 
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