Taiwan's China Times editorial said that epidemic prevention should be a purely medical and scientific issue, but Taiwan has become a politicized and has become a tool for the DPP authorities to "large internal propaganda" and "large external propaganda", losing the professionali

Taiwan China Times editorial said that epidemic prevention should be a purely medical and scientific issue, but Taiwan has become a politicized and has become a tool for the DPP authorities to "large internal propaganda" and "large external propaganda", losing the professionalism and transparency it should have. When will the COVID-19 vaccine be administered? "Minister of Health and Welfare" Chen Shizhong said this today and that tomorrow, without any accuracy, and the public is terrified of it. Chen Shizhong's pocket seemed to have become a magician's hat, and everything he took out was full of flowers and rain, which was flashy. Vaccine injection is related to people's lives and safety. Is it that difficult for Chen Shizhong to explain things clearly? Is there anything unspeakable behind the scenes?

Chen Shizhong has been saying very well. In September, he said that three vaccine factories on the island have approved phase 1 clinical trials. If they are "bold", they can be urgently authorized for use in January next year. The Tsai administration has prepared 2 billion yuan to assist the operator in developing vaccines. As a result, the progress of the vaccine on the island was not as expected and was still stuck in the first phase of experiment. Good news came from outside the island. A total of 14 vaccines around the world have entered the third phase of clinical practice, including 6 in mainland China, and have been vaccinated domestically. The UK, US and Canadian governments have accelerated the process and quickly approved the market. The Pfizer/BNT vaccine was the first to be launched in the UK in December. The United States has also approved the two vaccines, Pfizer/BNT and Moderna, and will be delivered and administered soon.

Is there a vaccine? I can't tell whether

The so-called "national vaccine team" has been unable to deliver the finished product. Chen Shizhong's check for January next year is destined to be delayed. Everyone is concerned about the progress of purchasing from outside the island. Chen Shizhong took out optimistic checks from his pocket, but the details of time, label, quantity, etc. are either concealed or changed their words again and again. He said in response to the Legislative Yuan in October that the fight could be started between March and June next year, and later he said that the schedule was not decided; first, he said that at least 4.6 million doses were obtained, and then he had obtained 15 million doses, and yesterday he said that he had purchased 30 million doses. It is unwilling to disclose which one to buy it, and it is only certain that it will not use mainland vaccines.

Nearby places such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong have announced the progress of vaccine procurement. South Korea has been authorized to produce astraZ; Singapore not only purchases multiple vaccines, but will complete publicly paid for the entire population in the third quarter of next year, but also cooperates with American pharmaceutical factories to develop vaccines and invest funds to set up vaccine production lines. Some pharmaceutical factories also value Singapore's complete power supply infrastructure and want to build a local vaccine refrigeration storage. Singapore can become the main vaccine logistics center in Southeast Asia. These deployments that have been made early allow Singapore to ensure that it is in a link in the vaccine supply chain that will not be out of stock, and can be regarded as a successful national security strategy model.

Some media reported that Taiwan has ordered tens of millions of doses of the AZ vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Factory. The "Command Center" also bought the Pfizer/BNT vaccine through the international vaccine distribution platform COVAX, and has commissioned EVA Airways to modify the cargo aircraft and add liquid nitrogen refrigeration equipment. But when the media verified, they could not get a clear answer. Whether the Pfizer/BNT vaccine has been purchased through COVAX, Chen Shizhong said "no", only emphasizing that we will have vaccines. There will be a clearer message in the past two weeks, and many channels for purchasing vaccines are being tried. Before, Dongyang wanted to buy the Pfizer/BNT vaccine, but because it was through Shanghai Fosun Pharma, it was rejected by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. It is rumored that Hong Kong Jacobsen has completed an agreement with the Ministry of Health and Welfare to purchase 10 million doses of Pfizer/BNT vaccine, but the "Command Center" said that he has never used Hong Kong merchants to represent the Pfizer/BNT vaccine.

There are so many rumors, but none of the truth. The official statement has changed again and again, leaving the people at a loss and do not understand what mystery Chen Shizhong is doing. Whether Chen Shizhong's pocket has been prepared or is empty, or can only buy some, which is not available to ordinary people, or even it has to wait half a year before the goods arrive. Everything is unclear, and Chen Shizhong's ambiguity makes the people even more uneasy. Even if we cannot get the goods soon, with Taiwan basically not having a local epidemic situation, there is still time to wait for a while, and I believe the people can understand it. But Chen Shizhong never expressed his words clearly, which really made people unable to understand what he was hiding.

Taiwan Epidemic Prevention Network is still passive

All vaccines that have entered the third phase of clinical practice and seem to have good results have long been snatched orders by various countries and places.Because the vaccine's effectiveness is not sure, people may have to be vaccinated in the next few years, so orders are placed one after another, and in the end it will really become a country and local governments competing for financial resources. If Taiwan orders are slow and the goods are small, the schedule will be pushed back. In fact, the leading vaccines currently, including mainland-made vaccines, have more than 80% to more than 90% of the protective power.

The Tsai administration insisted on stopping mainland vaccines, and hesitated about the progress of international procurement. It did not help the so-called "national vaccine team" find clinical cooperation partners outside the island, nor did it strive for international pharmaceutical factories to set up production lines and logistics centers as early as possible like Singapore. Epidemic prevention is a major safety event. Our vaccines are obviously backward all the way, and we can only rely on urban management, home isolation and masks to prevent the epidemic. Without sufficient vaccine capabilities, Taiwan’s epidemic prevention network will still be fragile and passive. Chen Shizhong should not use vague words to fool the public. It is time to explain the vaccine procurement matters to everyone.