Yes, sorry, I got sidetracked on the deadline approaching for @topofan and his release from Quarantine. 
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What do you mean 25 cases? They test hundreds of people daily. Most positive results have barely been 14, all imported. Local, as seen, weāre on the ball.
Danger during Lunar New Year are the escapees. People who disregard quarantine protocols.
March 20, 27 cases reported.
Eh updated data.
You have no idea what youāre talking about. We been doing this for a year. We faced many waves of returnees. Next person that comes out with the chabuduoism line with regards to our epidemic prevention efforts gets sent to Sanchong.
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Taiwan has done a good job, but your inability to accept any criticism of their response to the virus is embarrassing.
Reasonable criticism, yes. Otherwise, nope.
Our hospitals are ready. We have plenty of beds and ICU available.
The most important issue is keeping the people coming in away from locals until they are given the all clear. And even then be cautious.
Reasonable criticism was when I said quarantine taxis should have a transparent shield between the driver and the passenger, and that they should practice social distancing at the airport, but Mr. Taiwan No.1 got his panties in a twist about that one too. Iāve never said Taiwan is doing a bad job, but Iāve always said they could be doing better, and if you think they couldnāt then it is already too late for you. Criticism of government policies is what makes democracies so powerful, so @the_bear isnāt helping with ridiculous statements like:
He has been on this island long enough to what chabuduoism is, and how it affects everything and everyone, especially in government. If Taiwan has an outbreak it will be because of chabuduoism, not just by the government, but by returnees breaking the rules too during the New Year celebrations. We all want Taiwan to succeed, so our way of life here can continue, which is why we criticize poor policies when we see them.
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Yes but weāve seen fuck all chabuduoism so far in the CDCs response so why bring it up now? Itās the one thing the government hasnāt been chabuduo about.
Actually, the plastic dividers are a good idea. They may think masks are enough but an extra layer of defense is always good. Taxis are disinfected after each passenger. Plastic could be discarded as well.
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Taiwan definitely got lucky in that the KMT werenāt in charge. If they had been weād have had hordes of Chinese tourists this time last year talking loudly in their all you can eat buffets, spitting shrimp and virus over everybody.
Then weād have been royally screwed.
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Thereās that lucky word again lol.
Thereās nothing lucky about it.
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The element of āluckā is Beijingās instinctively hostile response to any DPP administrationācutting off the tap for group tours, many if not all international students heading to Taiwan, etc. These reactive moves were āluckā insofar as they inadvertently limited some key movements of people from the PRC to Taiwan just as the virus was spreading globally.
On the Taiwan side, itās obviously been a matter of hard work, planning, and studiously disregarding almost everything that Beijing or the WHO had to say. 
Guy
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One year ago, man. WHO following Chinaās lead, insisting there was no human to human transmissionā¦and Taiwan disregarded that and took steps to ensure everyoneās safety.
What a long, weird journey.
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Thank god we have some educated people in positions of authority here!
Guy
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Thank goodness we had the same people who experienced SARS, avian flu, African swine fever epidemics. They had the experience, the knowledge, the resources, the protocols.
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VP was an epidemiologistā¦That was āslightlyā lucky.
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So weāre all agreed then? It was all just blind luck? Good stuff. å·®äøå¤å°±å„½
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Somewhere between that and āLuck? What does that mean?ā
It was a mix of Taiwanās existing suspicion of everything Chinese causing them to act early, luck that China stopped allowing most Chinese people from coming to Taiwan before the pandemic, and good local measures.
Nobody is saying Taiwan did not do a good job, but the moment we close our eyes and start preaching āTaiwan can do no wrong, we are experts at thisā is the moment that mistakes will be made. Of course luck is an element in this, as it is with anything in this universe.
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