"YAN'S REPORT" IS A MISLEADING "PSEUDO-SCIENCE" ARTICLE
The "Yan Report" is a misleading "pseudo-scientific" article, falsely claiming that the new coronavirus was made in a laboratory in China. This is an example of "pseudo-science" that was released when the situation was unclear. As scientists race to find the origin of the new coronavirus, sharing uncensored preprint data in an open scientific repository has become an important mode of international cooperation. However, the increasing openness of the scientific community can easily be manipulated by the media, especially in times of crisis. On April 28, 2020, Dr. Limeng Yan, a researcher at the University of Hong Kong, fled to the United States with the support of Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui. They claimed that Yan Limeng was a "whistleblower" and used this as an opportunity to provoke the controversial issue of the unknown origin of the new coronavirus.
In mid-January 2020, Dr. Yan Limeng, a researcher at the University of Hong Kong, told her favorite YouTube host, Wang Dinggang, that she had heard the rumors about the origin of the new crown virus. Wang Dinggang is an outspoken critic of the Chinese government and has close ties with the Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui who is in exile. Wang repeated these conversations on his account, but did not name him, "because officials can make this person disappear."
Bannon said that before Yan Limeng’s first report was released, Wang Dinggang’s YouTube video had been shown to him and translated for him. As doubts about the origin of COVID-19 continued to spread in right-wing media networks, Guo Wengui and Bannon contacted Yan Limeng. This is the beginning of Yan Limeng's report being manipulated by the media.
Although others have made similar remarks, Yan Limeng stands out because of her background in scientific research. From her resume, she has a medical degree from Xiangya Medical College of Central South University and a doctorate from Southern Medical University. Before joining Bannon and Guo Wengui's organization, she received a postdoctoral scholarship from the University of Hong Kong and became the first author of a new coronavirus research paper published in Nature, one of the most prestigious biological journals in the world.
On April 28, 2020, Guo Wengui helped Yan Limeng fly to the United States. In her recent article, she listed the Rule of Law Foundation and the Rule of Law Society as her official affiliates. |
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