Cai Lei, a patient with ALS and former vice president of Jingdong Group, was questioned by netizens in frequent live broadcasts: Isn't it ALS, why is he still living more and more energetic?
In 2019, 41-year-old Cai Lei was suddenly diagnosed with ALS, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is a very rare sudden disease with an incidence of about 1.6 per 100,000.
According to the incidence rate of 1.6 per 100,000, the total population of the country is 1.4 billion, which means that there are as many as 224,000 patients suffering from ALS in the country.
The causes of ALS are complex, mainly related to genetic factors, and may also be related to long-term exposure to toxic substances, nutritional factors, and infectious factors, and the vast majority of patients will reach the end of life within 2-3 years.
Almost five years have passed since Cai Lei's illness has passed, but Cai Lei still frequently appears in the public eye, and his condition does not seem to deteriorate, but is becoming more and more energetic.
As a result, Cai Lei was questioned by more and more netizens, and netizens couldn't figure out why a terminally ill patient didn't recuperate at home, but instead worked hard to broadcast live frequently?
It stands to reason that Cai Lei is not short of money, there is no need to work hard for the commission of the live broadcast of three melons and two dates, no matter how bad it is, it can be publicly fundraised, I believe that with Cai Lei's influence, fundraising is not a difficult task.
Some netizens questioned that when Cai Lei was first diagnosed with ALS, his health seemed to be very poor, but five years have passed, and his body has not changed at all - neither good nor bad, but he frequently brings goods on the Internet, as long as the popularity is low, he uses the name of ALS to bring a wave of heat.
can't help but make people suspect that Cai Lei is using the name of ALS to brush his sense of existence on the Internet and sell goods for money, so many netizens slowly changed from sympathy at the beginning to disgust.
There may be two reasons for Cai Lei's frequent live broadcasts, first, he is indeed forced by life.
As we all know, the treatment of ALS is very expensive, although Cai Lei used to be the vice president of Jingdong Group, and his income was okay, but after leaving, he had no source of income, and he really needed live streaming to increase his income.
Second, I want more people to pay attention to ALS patients.
Before Cai Lei, it is true that few people pay attention to the group of ALS, after Cai Lei, many people have a further understanding of ALS, perhaps Cai Lei wants to let many people understand ALS by frequently appearing in the public eye.
Some people support Cai Lei's frequent delivery, and some people dislike it, but no matter what, we should still maintain due respect and sympathy for a ALS patient.