The woman posted a video of the moment online with a message to the deceased doctor, Li Wenliang: “Doctor Li, did you hear? The death of the doctor has roused an outpouring of fury, angst and demands for government accountability and transparency in Wuhan and across China, especially as the coronavirus epidemic intensifies and spreads. “I want freedom of speech” trended for hours before censors scrubbed the topic clean. “A lot of people think, as long as I can eat and stay warm, who cares about freedom or democracy? But now you know ... this withholding of freedom of speech, this unrestricted abuse of power, is evil.”“It’s not just the virus, but a political type of virus,” she said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 08, 2020 18:22 UTC