China mourns Li Wenliang, the Wuhan whistleblower doctor who warned of coronavirus outbreak
Online tributes and expressions of grief for doctor who tried to sound alarm on NCoV
Online in China, where Novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV has now killed at least 630 as of today, one death seems to have affected the entire country profoundly.
Li Wenliang was a medical doctor and a whistleblower who was reprimanded by authorities for warning of a fast-escalating and deadly outbreak of a strange new virus.
He died yesterday, of the virus he warned others about.
Hundreds have died, and yet this is the fatality that is shaking China. https://t.co/5gMrjoTCTg
— Carlos Tejada (@CRTejada) February 7, 2020
The tributes and memorials are -- wow. Wow. Wow.
This one, below? the person in the snow?
It says Farewell Li Wenliang.
Their body forms an exclamation point.
#FoundOnWeChat Shared from Weibo~ pic.twitter.com/brVw7U3PWf
— RF Parsley (@sanverde) February 7, 2020
Here are a few more, from China-based photojournalists, reporters, and others.
Cant confirm, but this is supposed to be the salute given to Li Wenliang tonight in Wuhan. If its real, its incredible. The physical version of whats been happening on the Chinese Internet for the past 24 hours. https://t.co/I68qdqUtgs
— Paul Mozur (@paulmozur) February 7, 2020
Latest censored on Weibo:"Tonight, let me blow the whistle for Wuhan."
This is an online call for people in Wuhan, Hubei and the rest of the world to mourn Li Wenliang's death & pay tribute
8:55-9:00 Light off 9:00-9:05 Shine flashlight out the window & blow the whistle pic.twitter.com/gJHI8vSAHM
— Nectar Gan (@Nectar_Gan) February 7, 2020
Read the restIn Hong Kong too, people are paying their respects and mourning the death of Dr Li Wenliang, who tried to alert China to the coronavirus but was reprimanded for it.
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/07/china-mourns-li-wenliang-whis.html