According to Taiwan media reports, " Commander of the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center" Chen Shizhong argued yesterday that because the mother of confirmed cases is small, the number of new deaths will increase the mortality rate, but from the total number of deaths or deaths per million or 100,000 people, the mortality rate of Taiwan's epidemic infection is still far lower than that of other countries and regions. In response, the "legislator" of the People's Party, Cai Bi, now said that Taiwan "only screening if there are symptoms", missing the opportunity for early diagnosis and treatment, and the probability of mild symptoms turning into severe cases has also increased. "I'm afraid this is the truth that Commander Chen Shizhong is unwilling to tell the people."
For the death rate of Taiwan's epidemic, is calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the number of confirmed cases? Or is it calculated per million people? Cai Biru said that if the former is calculated, these data are provided by the "Command Center" and are also data released every day by the "Disease Manager" website and the official website of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. "How could Chen Shizhong deny what he said every day because of the question of the 'legislator'? Can the 'epidemic commander' who concerns the life and death of all Taiwanese people? Can you say things randomly?"
Cai Biru said that according to the information of Taiwan's public health expert Zhan Changquan , Taiwan and Japan's "age deaths from new coronavirus pneumonia " comparison found that the number of deaths in Taiwan from 50 to 59 years old increased significantly, because Taiwan "only screening only if there are symptoms", but when it was found that the virus may have been hidden in the body for a period of time, destroying the immune system, the probability of mild symptoms turning into severe cases increased, and even sudden death cases occurred.
Cai Biru said that in the absence of general screening, "less screening and fewer diagnosis" are accompanied by "high mortality rate". The fundamental reason is that Taiwan has too few screening volumes, and the confirmed cases are underestimated; she also gave an example. As of July 5 this year, compared with the number of nucleic acid screening per 1,000 people in neighboring countries and regions, there were 2,677 people in Hong Kong, 42,326 people in , Singapore, 207 people in South Korea, and 126 people in Japan, while Taiwan has only 63 people.
"Only when facing the problem honestly can the problem be truly solved." Cai Biru called on the DPP authorities to expand the capacity of nucleic acid screening, give priority to screening for communities where confirmed cases have occurred, and conduct RCA (root cause analysis) for death cases, analyze the age, place of residence, work pattern, chronic diseases and other information to help health agencies master high-risk groups, avoid severe illnesses, and reduce mortality rates.
