Chinese SARS whistleblower Dr. Jiang Yanyong passes away at 91.
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Chinese military surgeon, Dr. Jiang Yanyong, who exposed the Chinese government's cover-up of Beijing's outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, died at the age of 91. His act forced a collision of fact with official lies and created the space for other officials and doctors to tell the truth, leading to the ouster of China's health minister and Beijing's mayor and saving an untold number of lives. Jiang's courage had inspired other doctors and officials to speak out, and for a brief period, he was treated as a national hero.
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