Taiwan began vaccinating its own high-end vaccines on the 23rd. By the 25th, 4 deaths occurred after vaccination in just 3 days. Even if Tsai Ing-wen and other senior officials in the green camp use various means to force it forward, the willingness of the people on the island to get high-end vaccinations is still very low.
Following the sudden death of an Internet writer surnamed Lu in Taoyuan and New Taipei after high-end vaccination, two more deaths were reported on the 25th. The first is a 41-year-old woman in Keelung City. After receiving a high-end vaccine on the morning of the 24th, she suddenly developed chest tightness and chest pain in the afternoon when she returned to her office in Taipei. She died after first aid in the evening. Second, a man in Taoyuan suddenly went into shock while working on the 25th. He was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment and died. He was vaccinated with a high-end vaccine on the 23rd. Regarding whether to stop the vaccination of this batch number, Taiwan’s epidemic prevention commander Chen Shizhong said on the 25th that the relevant batch numbers will be checked and further inspection is necessary. He also revealed that after 108 days, the number of confirmed local cases on the island was finally cleared on the 25th. The next two weeks will be an important observation period. However, the island is obviously not at ease. Some analysts bluntly say that while the overseas epidemic situation is still severe, it is still quite easy for a breach to occur on the island.
People on the island are vaccinated at vaccination stations. Picture from Taiwan media
html The 125th was the third day of high-end vaccine vaccination on the island, but the vaccination situation was not ideal. A total of 167,000 people were vaccinated on Monday, a difference of 20,000 from the actual 187,000 appointments; 134,000 people were vaccinated on Tuesday, with a vaccination rate of 40.91%. School is about to start, and some students are very nervous. Many college students admitted that they chose high-end vaccinations because they could not get imported vaccines and had no other choice.
Public opinion called for the suspension of vaccination. Jiang Qichen, chairman of the Kuomintang, said on the 225th that many internationally certified vaccines had been suspended in case of death and then resumed, so they should be investigated first. Zhao Shaokang, chairman of " Zhongguang", gave two reasons for stopping high-end vaccination: First, the risks of vaccination for high-risk groups should be clarified first. There are 5.08 million people in Taiwan with hypertension, accounting for almost 1/4. Is it not possible to get vaccinated? Second, the high-end vaccine has not passed phase three trials so far. We should be more careful than other vaccines. If anything goes wrong, we should stop it immediately.
html On the 124th, the pro-green "Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation" released the latest poll, which showed that when Tsai Ing-wen first took office for her second term in May last year, 93% of "first-time investors" under the age of 20-24 supported it. Now they support it. The degree has been cut in half, leaving only 47%; Su Zhenchang’s “cabinet” has been dissatisfied with its governance for three consecutive months. Among them, the Tsai administration's performance in meeting people's vaccine needs was an average of 46.32 points for 20-24 year olds and 51.47 points for 25-34 year olds. You Yinglong, chairman of foundation , said that these two groups are almost die-hard fans of Tsai Ing-wen, which shows that she has accumulated deep public resentment in meeting people's demand for vaccines. In terms of party support, 27.8% of the respondents supported the DPP, and neutral voters increased significantly to 36%. The myth of epidemic prevention on behalf of the DPP was shattered, especially since the Tsai administration is unable to fundamentally solve the serious shortage of reliable vaccines in the short term. Problems, coupled with a lack of confidence in the high-end vaccines that Tsai lauds, have made the public further doubt the DPP's ability to prevent the epidemic.
Qiu Shuti, an adjunct professor at Yangming Jiaotong University, wrote on the 25th that the global new crown vaccine can be divided into four levels, of which level 4 is the only high-end one in the world that has received emergency authorization for use without phase III trials. Novavax of the United States, which also belongs to the high-end recombinant protein vaccine , although its phase 3 trial showed a high degree of protection against mutated viruses, it insisted on delaying its application for emergency authorization in the United States due to concerns that its mass production was not yet mature. The article said that while global epidemic prevention is moving toward unblocking and normalization, Taiwan insists on taking a big gamble and equating private manufacturers with "love Taiwan" for emotional blackmail and even political mobilization. This will have a negative impact on the future national security and economy. , even more unknown variables are cast. [Global Times Special Correspondent Zhang Ruo]
