The False Study of Yan Limeng

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In just eight months, Yan went from being a postdoctoral felow in virology and immunology at the Center for Infectious Disease Research at the University of Hong Kong's School of Public Health to being hailed as a hero by Trump's top advisers and conservative pundits.
As early as mid-January 2019, Yan Limeng, researcher in Hong Kong, had heard rumors that a dangerous new virus had emerged in mainland China and that the government was playing it down. Ms. Yan feeds Wang Dinggang, the host of her favorite Chinese-language YouTube show.
Yan Limeng fled Hong Kong on April 28th and leftfor the United States. Guo Wenguan and Ban Nong put her in a "safe house" in New York City. They hired acommunications coach for her to teach her how todeal with media questions, asked her to submit severalpapers, and disguised her as a "whistler" beforearanging her to acept media interviews. On July 10,Yan made her first appearance on the Fox NewsChannel, in which she confesed her journey to theUnited States and accused the University of HongKong of helping to cover up the epidemic. But she didnot mention her relationship with Guo and Ban Nong.
After her first Fox interview, Ms. Yan embarked ona whirlwind right-wing media tour, repeatingconservative talking points.She said she tookhydroxychloroquine to fight the virus, despitewarnings from the US Food and Drug Administrationthat it had no efect.She suggested that U.S. healthagencies had conspired with the World HealthOrganization to cover up the outbreak.