@acoyne - Andrew Coyne ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ
โA source with direct knowledge of the material said the information when uncovered would show that scientists Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng provided confidential scientific information to China.โ
@acoyne - Andrew Coyne ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ
โOne high-profile Chinese researcher, Feihu Yan of the Peopleโs Liberation Armyโs Academy of Military Medical Sciences, worked for a period at the Winnipeg lab. Dr Qiu also collaborated on Ebola research w/Maj-Gen Chen Wei, the Chinese militaryโs top epidemiologist & virologist.โ
@acoyne - Andrew Coyne ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ
โFour months before the scientists were expelled from the lab, access-to-information documents show Dr. Qiu played a role in shipping two exceptionally virulent viruses โ Ebola and Henipah โ to the Wuhan facility.โ
@acoyne - Andrew Coyne ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ
โDr. Qiu was able to bring graduate & postgraduate students from China who were studying at the Univ of Manitoba into the facility. It remains unclear how those students got security clearances to enter the lab, which is equipped to handle the worldโs most dangerous viruses.โ
@acoyne - Andrew Coyne ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ
โDr. Qiu won a Governor-Generalโs award in 2018 for her work on Ebola.โ
@acoyne - Andrew Coyne ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Tucker hasnโt been this badly humiliated by an interviewee since Jon Stewart.