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  • >> Bill: A SCIENTIST OUT OF

  • >> Bill: A SCIENTIST OUT OF

  • HONG KONG WHO SAID SHE WAS DOING

  • RESEARCH ON COVID-19 IN DECEMBER

  • AND JANUARY THAT COULD HAVE

  • SAVED LIVES, BUT SHE SAYS HER

  • SUPERVISOR SWEPT IT UNDER THE

  • RUG.

  • DR. LI-MENG YAN SAYS SHE ESCAPED

  • TO THE UNITED STATES TO TELL HER

  • STORY.

  • SHE JOINS ME LIVE FOR THIS

  • EXCLUSIVE CHAT TODAY.

  • WELCOME, DOCTOR.

  • YOU ARRIVED IN THE U.S. AT THE

  • END OF APRIL.

  • YOU BELIEVE THE CHINESE HAVE

  • LIED ABOUT WHAT?

  • >> YES, EXACTLY.

  • EXACTLY.

  • I HAVE TO HIDE BECAUSE I KNOW

  • HOW THEY TREAT THE WORKERS, AND

  • HERE, I WILL TELL THE TRUTH OF

  • COVID-19.

  • SO I HAVE TO --

  • >> Bill: WHAT'S AT THE CHINESE

  • LIE ABOUT THAT YOU CAN PROVE?

  • >> OKAY, FIRST, SO AS I

  • MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO, OUR

  • GOVERNMENT ALREADY KNOWS THAT

  • OVER 40 PEOPLE GOT INFECTED.

  • AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HUMAN TO

  • HUMAN TRANSITIONS ALREADY AT

  • THAT TIME.

  • THEN THEY MUTATE --

  • >> Bill: YOUR CLAIM IS THAT AT

  • THE END OF DECEMBER, THERE WAS

  • HUMAN TO HUMAN TRANSMISSION.

  • THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WORLD

  • HEALTH ORGANIZATION DID NOT

  • CAPTURE THAT UNTIL ABOUT THREE

  • WEEKS LATER.

  • IF YOU ARE RIGHT, HOW WOULD

  • THINGS BE DIFFERENT AROUND THE

  • WORLD AND HERE IN THE U.S.?

  • >> OKAY, I EXPLAINED TO YOU.

  • FIRST, THIS IS A HUGE PANDEMIC

  • WE HAVE SEEN IN THE WORLD.

  • SO, THE TIMING IS VERY, VERY

  • IMPORTANT.

  • SO IF WE COULD HAVE STOPPED

  • EARLY, WE COULD HAVE SAVED LIVES

  • LIVES.

  • >> Bill: OKAY.

  • SO YOU HAVE SENT, THEN -- YOU

  • INVITED YOUR HUSBAND TO COME

  • WITH YOU.

  • HE DID NOT.

  • YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE FBI.

  • WHO IS INVESTIGATING YOUR STORY,

  • DOCTOR?

  • >> THE FBI -- AND MANY OTHER

  • PEOPLE FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

  • THEY HAVE CONTACTED ME.

  • THEY NEED TO VERIFY MY STORY.

  • >> Bill: OKAY, CAN YOU PROVE

  • IT, DR. MARK >> I HAVE THE

  • RECEIPTS OF THE FBI AGENT.

  • FROM THE LOS ANGELES AIRPORT.

  • SEVERAL DAYS LATER IN NEW YORK.

  • >> Bill: JUST TO BE CLEAR, NOT

  • WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN PROVE

  • THAT HE TALKED TO THE FBI, OR

  • CAN YOU PROVE YOUR CLAIMS?

  • >> OH, YEAH.

  • HOW I COMMUNICATE WITH THE

  • PEOPLE IN CHINA AND ALSO BECAUSE

  • OF MY NETWORK.

  • WORKING WITH CHINA DURING

  • COVID-19.

  • AND ALSO, I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU

  • LATER.

  • >> Bill: OKAY.

  • SO YOU BELIEVE YOUR LIFE IS IN

  • JEOPARDY AND YOU WILL NOT GO

  • BACK TO HONG KONG.

  • HOW COME?

  • >> OF COURSE.

  • BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THEY TREAT US

  • US.

  • THE TRUTH, NOT ONLY ABOUT

  • COVID-19, BUT ALSO FOR THE OTHER

  • THINGS HAPPENING IN CHINA.

  • FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROFESSOR HAD REVIEWED IN BEIJING, PUNISHED,

  • REVIEWED IN BEIJING, PUNISHED,

  • AND ALSO, IN SHANGHAI, REVIEWING

  • COVID, AND IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR

  • YEAR.

  • SHUT DOWN BY THE GOVERNMENT.

  • >> Bill: THE CHINESE EMBASSY

  • HERE IN THE U.S., THEY DON'T

  • KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

  • THEY SAY WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF

  • THIS PERSON, REFERRING TO YOU.

  • WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT, DOCTOR?

  • >> OF COURSE THEY WON'T KNOW ME

  • BECAUSE I AM NOT -- KNOWING WHO

  • WORK DIRECTLY -- BUT I WANT NO

  • WORK VISA, AND I AM A TEAM

  • MEMBER TO COMMUNICATE WITH

  • CHINA.

  • >> Bill: OKAY, LAST QUESTION

  • HERE.

  • MAYBE I CAN REFRAME THE QUESTION

  • QUESTION.

  • WAS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WHAT

  • WERE THEY ABLE TO DO WITH YOUR

  • INFORMATION?

  • >> I AM WAITING TO TELL ALL THE

  • THINGS I KNOW, PROVIDE ALL THE

  • EVIDENCE TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

  • AND I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND,

  • AND I WANT U.S. PEOPLE TO

  • UNDERSTAND HOW TERRIBLE THIS IS.

  • IT IS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD --

  • EVEN THE W.H.O.

  • THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

  • WE HAVE TO KEEP THE TRUE

  • EVIDENCE AND GATHER IT TO STOP

  • THIS PANDEMIC.

  • WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.

  • >> Bill: IF YOU'RE RIGHT,

  • DOCTOR, YOU ARE SHOWING AN AWFUL

  • LOT OF COURAGE.

  • DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> Bill: A SCIENTIST OUT OF

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