A long queue in front of a hospital in Wuhan. Patients hoping to be admitted are filmed discreetly. This is not the image that the authorities wish to give. But anger is raging against the government. “What the hell did you do the government“, launched a Chinese woman in a video. This woman dares to brave censorship. The surge of discontent is especially visible on social networks.”I am so pissed off by the government’s negligence in handling this crisis“writes an anonymous man, whose videos are followed by thousands of Internet users. They denounce the state media which do not show the distress in the hospitals.
Saturday February 1, he films a crying son in front of his father’s agony. For having filmed these images, he was arrested, before finally being released. The same treatment was reserved for a doctor who had tried to alert the authorities at the start of the epidemic. He received a letter from the police who chastised him for broadcasting “irresponsible and false messages on the internet“The doctor had to stop his alerts on social networks and agree to keep quiet. He was however right down the line and has since contracted the virus.
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