The first batch of 199,200 AZ vaccines obtained by the Taiwanese authorities from COVAX will last until May 30. Today, I finally completed the sealing and started to enter vaccination. In view of the fact that after Taiwan opened to the third-class publicly-funded vaccination targets, the latest single-day number of shots was only 1,220, Commander Chen Shizhong also admitted that "the cheering is not strong", and from now on, the number of shots in the fourth category is that those who need to leave the country for official or external affairs shall be subject to shots. Next Wednesday, business people and international students will also be open for vaccination at their own expense, and the cost of one shot is expected to be within NT$600. Experts are worried that if you can't get the booster, you will not be able to finish the vaccine.
Although the mayors of various counties and cities in Taiwan have taken the lead in the fight, the cheering of the whole Taiwan has not yet improved. If 2,000 people are vaccinated every day until May 30, after deducting holidays, the number of vaccinations is only 64,000,000 doses. Even if 10,000 doses are all taken at their own expense, this batch of AZ vaccine that expires at the end of May will probably be reimbursed for as many as 125,000 doses. In addition, the 117,000 doses of AZ vaccine that came in before was only 117,000 doses on June 15, and now there are only 27,000 doses. The effective period after the end of May is mostly half a month. Calculated in working days, about 24,000 doses can be given, and 66,000 doses are left. If the two batches are combined, 190,000 doses of AZ vaccine will expire and be destroyed.
Wang Renxian, chairman of the Taiwan Epidemic Prevention Society, pointed out that the "Command Center"'s ignorance of the new crown vaccine has caused excessive protection of the AZ vaccine, which is the key to the problem. He believes that the BNT and Moderna vaccines that need to be overprotected in the new crown vaccine are the BNT and Moderna vaccines, because they require special transportation and storage methods. The AZ vaccine only needs to be treated like an influenza vaccine. If the original vaccination policy was designed like an influenza vaccine, it could be vaccinated in stadiums, activity centers, and schools, and the cheering would never have fallen to the point today. Now, the DPP authorities have even made the simplest AZ vaccine overturn, and it will become too messy in the future, which is really difficult to be optimistic.
In addition, the distrust of Taiwanese people in the AZ vaccine is also the problem of the sluggish COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan. On the 14th, Denmark announced the complete suspension of AZ vaccine, becoming the first European country to make this decision. In response, Taiwanese netizens angrily criticized: "We should be treasures for other people's garbage." This shows that the public is strongly dissatisfied with the vaccine policies of Tsai Ing-wen's authorities and the health authorities.
According to the "BBC" report on the 14th, Denmark announced the complete suspension of the AZ vaccine. Because the study pointed out that the incidence of thrombosis symptoms after receiving the AZ vaccine is "higher than expected", and Denmark still has other available vaccines, and the country's epidemic has been controlled, it was decided to "don't take the risk and stop the existing 2.4 million doses of AZ vaccine and remove it from the current vaccination plan. After the news from
was transmitted back to Taiwan, it triggered many netizens' dissatisfaction with the Tsai administration, leaving messages mocking, "Taiwan will not have to wait soon, because it can pick up garbage that others don't want", "If the AZ vaccine is really bad, it means that Taiwan spent a lot of taxpayers' money to buy garbage back. Is this funny? "As a result, others should not use Taiwanese as experimental products", "Denmark's 'permanent' disabling, Taiwan's 'only' choice", "Support 'Taiwan Value'! AZ fights, nuclear wastewater drinks."
. Regarding whether Tsai Ing-wen wants to give her a shot in person to increase the rate of dose, New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi also said yesterday that it is obvious that the leader’s driving effect is limited. What is important is whether the public’s trust in the AZ vaccine can be improved.
Taiwan’s “Command Center” spokesman Zhuang Renxiang said that yesterday, Taiwan added 17 new cases of vaccination with AZ new crown vaccine , of which 15 were non-serious events, and two were suspected serious events, all of which were women in their thirties. (Lin Jingxian/Editor)
