Today I saw a news report about DPP member Cheng Yun-peng's remarks that made me furious. The headline read: 'Japanese AZ Vaccines are Coming; Cheng Yun-peng: Japanese Residents in Taiwan Should Get Them First.'
Public health expert Chiu Shu-ti issues a dire warning to the DPP government and Commander Chen Shih-chung. Alarms are sounding in hospitals, during transfers, and across communities due to a series of preventable mistakes in pandemic management.
This article raises strong questions about Health Minister Chen Shih-chung's statement during the early stages of COVID-19: 'If epidemic prevention fails, Taiwan is destroyed.' The author criticizes the statement's flawed logic and questions whether the Tsai Ing-wen government's crisis management capability is inferior to even the Chen Shui-bian administration during the SARS era. The article accuses the DPP of politicizing epidemic prevention, whipping supporters into a frenzy purely to maintain electoral advantage. The piece concludes by questioning Chen Shih-chung on when Japan—a country also experiencing outbreaks—would see its nationals restricted from entering Taiwan, implying double standards in epidemic prevention.