By September last year, Yan Limeng was no longer so cautious. She appeared on the Fox News channel in the United States and announced an unconfirmed statement to millions of people: the new crown virus is a biological weapon made in China. Overnight, Yan Limeng became a sensation in the right-wing media. President Trump's senior advisers and conservative authorities praised her as a hero. Equally quickly, social media labelled her interview as "false information," and scientists refused to accept her research, saying it was sophistry dressed up in jargon. #DrLiMengYan1All Rights Reserved
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