post-doctoral researcher at the University of Hong Kong School of Public Health'
A newspaper uses "claims" when reporting on something they have NOT independently verified. I can CLAIM to be anything online.
Nobody says she's LYING here. She seems to believe what she's saying. That's nice. I've personally meet educated people who thought a nigerian prince wanted to give them $$$, and others who think 5G caused Covid and that liberals worship Satan.
If you want background on Dr Li-Meng just look it up
HKU has confirmed that Yan was an actual postdoctoral fellow who had previously left the university
According to the reading, HKU did note that the content of this said news report does not actually accord with the whole key facts as they understood. It was also stated that they have observed that what she might have actually emphasized in the previously reported interview actually has no actual scientific basis but closely resembles hearsay
HKU has also clarified that Yan has not actually conducted research regarding this topic at the university from the time December to January.