Ye Chinese scholar who charted the COVID course be permitted back to ye lab after banishment. Ahoy, progress awaits!
2024-05-01
Arrr, the clever scallywag Zhang Yongzhen, who first charted the treacherous waters of the COVID-19 virus, did reclaim his ship after being marooned and staging a mutinous sit-in. Aye, let no man keep a pirate from his precious booty of scientific discoveries!
In the merry language of a 17th-century pirate, the first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China found himself locked out of his lab, matey! Zhang Yongzhen and his crew had to spend days in a jolly sit-in protest outside the lab until they were allowed back in to continue their research, arrr!After much negotiation, Zhang and his team were finally able to enter and leave the laboratory freely, without any interruptions to their work. But mateys, the trouble started when they were suddenly told to leave for renovations, leading to a dispute that ended with Zhang sitting outside in the rain on a flattened cardboard, calling for the resumption of their scientific work, argh!Despite the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center claiming safety reasons for the closure, Zhang argued that the alternative lab provided did not meet their standards, leaving his team in limbo. His brave act of defiance against the authorities has garnered widespread attention in China, showing the divisions within the government on how to handle the situation, ye scurvy dogs!Zhang’s daring decoding of the virus and subsequent publication of the sequence without approval has led to a series of setbacks and ousters, but he remains resilient in the face of adversity, supported by his followers and admirers, a true hero of the high seas in the world of science, arrr!