Twitter Bans Account of Virologist Who Alleged CCP Virus Was Created in Lab

Twitter has suspended the account of a Chinese virologist who claimed to have evidence showing that the CCP virus was manufactured in a lab. On September 14, Dr. Yan Limeng, who fled Hong Kong to the United States in April, released a study claiming that the virus shows “biological characteristics that are inconsistent with a naturally occurring, zoonotic virus” and thus “should be a laboratory product.” The study has not been peer-reviewed. Twitter quickly banned Yan’s account following her tweet announcing the study. The account, which Yan only opened on September 13, had garnered over 59,000 followers in its short lifespan. Yan said that the scientific community has “kept silence and worked together with the Chinese Communist Party” to censor studies that came to similar conclusions.