On September 15, the day after Yan Limeng's paper appeared on the Zenodo website, she was a guest on Fox's "Tucker Carlson Tonight" show. Researchers from Harvard University said that the show was watched by 4.8 million TV viewers and 2.8 million YouTube viewers, which also caused widespread attention on Facebook and Twitter. Bannon appeared on Carlson's show the same week to discuss Yan Limeng's statement. Last year, he also interviewed her 22 times on the show "War Room: Pandemic", both before and after Zenodo's publication.
In this fiercely competitive election, the political background is clear. Trump attacked Democratic rival Joe Biden (Joe Biden), who was considered too sympathetic to the Chinese government, calling him "Beijing Joe." Republicans, including White House trade adviser Peter Navarro (Peter Navarro), retweeted Yan Limeng's tweet about the Chinese Communist Party (#CCPLiedPeopleDied) hashtag. A few days later, the online journal "Rapid Reviews: COVID-19" published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published four acrimonious reviews, including one from a well-known AIDS researcher and a giant in the field of virology. Robert Gallo.
He called Yan Limeng's work "misleading" and cited "suspicious, false and fraudulent statements." Most of the views are highly technical, but Gallo also questioned the logic of her role in creating the new coronavirus for the Chinese military. She pointed out that the Chinese military is vulnerable to covid-19. However, Yan Limeng continued to double down on her statement and attacked her critics for spreading "lie." “She still believes that the Chinese government deliberately created the new crown virus and continues to do everything in its power to silence her. Yan Limeng also did not apologize for reaching agreement with Bannon and Trump’s other allies. She said that as a supporter Dissidents, she may not be able to choose her supporters.
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