The picture shows the review of Taiwan's foot-and-mouth disease and the achievements of its extermination strategy. On July 1, the Taiwan authorities' "Committee on Agriculture" announced that the foot-and-mouth disease that had been spreading in Taiwan for 22 years was eliminate

The picture shows the review and extermination of Taiwan's foot-and-mouth disease and the results of the strategy of extermination (Source: Taiwan media)

html On July 1, the Taiwan authorities' "Committee on Agriculture" announced that the foot-and-mouth disease that has been spreading in Taiwan for 22 years has been eliminated, and Taiwan's pork produced is expected to return to the international market. It was originally a good news in the agricultural field. Shengsheng was labeled as an ideological label by the green media on the island, claiming that " swine fever " was "introduced from the mainland" 22 years ago, and was ridiculed by netizens on the island for being "brain-dead".

According to the island green media, July 1 is the day for a year when foot-and-mouth disease injection (not vaccination) is taken in Taiwan. Taiwan has not been vaccinated for a year and has not experienced foot-and-mouth disease epidemics. It has obtained tickets to apply for foot-and-mouth disease non-epidemic areas. Chen Jizhong, the "Chairman of the Agriculture Committee" of Taiwan, said: "I hereby announce the successful extraction of foot-and-mouth disease injections in Taiwan, Penghu and Mazu ." He applied to World Organization for Animal Health before September 2019, and is expected to be officially announced in 2020.

At the press conference on reviewing and extermination of foot-and-mouth disease in Taiwan, Chen Jizhong introduced that after the outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in 1997, the pigs sold to Japan that were originally sold to more than 50 billion NT$ (about 11.1 billion yuan) this year could not be sold. Originally, there were more than 10 million pigs, but now there are only more than 5 million left. There are more than 7,200 pig farmers left, and more than 170 billion NT$ (about 37.6 billion yuan) that year. The impact of the epidemic has a huge impact on the industry. At the

meeting, the "Committee of Agriculture" worked hard to add to the show and took the opportunity to praise himself. "Vice Chairman of the Committee of Agriculture" Huang Jincheng said that the successful needle extraction was attributed to the government's adherence to policies, cooperation in the industry, and effective application of science and technology. It used a lot of experiments to prove that there is no active virus in the environment, and finally the expert's accurate judgment, which has been followed by many expert meetings.

However, at this time, Golden City did not forget to incite cross-strait confrontation. Golden City threatened that on March 20, 1997, the source of the foot-and-mouth epidemic broke out in Taiwan. Some people smuggled mainland piglets to Taiwan. After entering from Hsinchu, they were out of control since then. The virus was like entering a no-man. Within a few months, the whole of Taiwan fell and pig prices collapsed.

The picture shows a screenshot of a message from a netizen

For the "Committee of Agriculture" taking the opportunity to perform, netizens on the island mocked: "Will it be too funny to beat opponents with 22 years of political achievements?" "I'm anxious to label pork, or do you only have this trick left?" Netizens directly pointed at the tricks of the "Committee of Agriculture" and green media, and retorted, "What is the evidence to prove that foot-and-mouth disease was introduced to the mainland?" "There is nothing to say, spread rumors with historical issues." "The bad media has bad intentions and deliberately provoked cross-strait relations. The Taiwan authorities are really rubbish." "Everything is required to do. Is there anything wrong with ideology? "Fake news printing factory, horses don't know how good they are! If you don't have knowledge, you need to have some common sense! I believe that those who have been introduced from the mainland are mentally retarded, shameless!"

The picture shows a Taiwan pig farm vaccinating pigs (Source: Taiwan media)

In fact, according to a Taiwan agricultural media, the pig farming industry in Taiwan was in a "peaceful and prosperous era" at that time, and the concept of epidemic prevention was weak. Pig farmers had no concept of disinfection. They picked live pigs and transported and auctioned, and many pig carts were parked directly near the pig farm. Because the auction price of pigs in Taipei is good, pig farmers would rather "transport pigs from south to north", and the virus was also invisibly transported to all parts of Taiwan. An official who participated in epidemic prevention at that time said that many Zhongwai pig farms were distributed along the expressway at that time. The article summarizes that "the epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease cannot be blamed."

According to Taiwan media reports, in the 1980s, Taiwan entered the peak period of pig industry. Because of its good quality, it not only provided a domestic demand market, but also exported a large number of exports, which made Taiwan’s pigs in short supply. There are two explanations for the influx of foot-and-mouth disease. One is that some operators smuggled pork from Southeast Asia and other places, and even live pigs and piglets directly cross the sea to Taiwan by boat; the other is that the virus may be brought in through humans. The year before the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Taiwan, there were foot-and-mouth disease epidemics in Vietnam, , Philippines, and other places. Taiwanese businessmen lacked vigilance, and pig farmers even visited and exchanged breeding pigs, and the virus took advantage of the gap. Therefore, it is simply nonsense to guide public opinion with the topic of "It took 22 years to successfully eliminate the foot-and-mouth disease introduced from the mainland."