Coronavirus - Taiwan OPEN June 2021

[Shaun008]

Hope he enjoys the fame.

[slawa]

@lunlan

… smoking. Complains that he can’t breathe …

[the_bear]

Deport all Americans. Every single one of you. He has brought great shame upon you all.

[Liberty]

So you have zero insight. Thank you.

[jimipresley]

@Baobab

It’s as easy as writing a prescription for antibiotics and omeprazole.

You need a prescription for antibiotics and omeprazole?

[Charlie_Jack]

@Liberty

Care to explain this statement? What do we need to understand.

“You just don’t understand Taiwanese culture” is a fairly old expression on this board; I think it’s usually meant humorously/ironically:

@lostinasia

. . . it can become one of those “You just don’t understand Taiwanese culture” things.

@maoman

You just don’t understand Taiwanese culture.

@ironlady

Nothing exists in a vacuum and as has been stated many times on this board “you just don’t understand Taiwanese culture”. . . .

[olm]

By the way: over in the Typhoon thread there is the ultimate answer to “who/what is to blame for the sudden deterioration in the COVID19 situation”:

Typhoons 2021

Yeah, the government might have to disable the Coronavirus/Typhoon Deflectatron™ for a couple of days this year. It’s working too well.

[snowstorm]

Gotta say, it’s noticeably upbeat today in Taipei, more cars, more bikes, more people out and about, even saw people walk around with drinks in hand (100% wearing facemasks), people chilling under trees, etc. And first time all pandemic I have seen so many wearing glasses or face shield combos. I think it’s ok, people need a day walking in the sun for mental health and Vitamin D and it appears they are all taking extra precautions. Seems the past couple weeks of staying indoors have had a significant impact. Feeling proud of Taiwan today, things feel under control and the weather is great after a long day of needed rain yesterday (even more good news)

Case numbers are leveling out, and back logs are coming down. Yes, there are still deaths to mourn and there will be more, but in a short time it looks like we have collectively prevented a much worse scenario.

Keep going Taiwan! We are crushin’ it!

[Belgian_Pie]

How about grandpa last night, going through garbage cans without a mask and police just stopping meters away and don’t give a damn.

[meishijia]

I don’t think you can reasonably expect homeless people to wear masks 24 hours a day.

The police know that

[Belgian_Pie]

I guess he was looking for a used mask.

[Charlie_Jack]

@Baobab

Another case of a person who was sick going to a clinic multiple times without proper diagnosis.

We had something like that back in March of last year. I’m not trying to downplay what you posted, not at all; it’s just that these events seem to add to the oddness and mystery of the thing. I don’t know how common or uncommon these kinds of events are. I think the below is a reprint of an article that was originally published in Focus Taiwan, which I guess sort of parallels CNA:

The Taiwanese man, in his 50s and Taiwan’s 268th confirmed case, had contact with at least 449 people and he visited New Taipei’s Jinshan Old Street in the afternoon of February 29 and Wulai Old Street in the afternoon of March 15, said CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang when releasing information on his history of travel as it was unable to know of all the people with whom he had contact.

Even though the patient started showing symptoms of coughing, sore throat, headache, fever, asthma, diarrhea, and pneumonia on February 28, he was not confirmed to have the acute respiratory disease until March 28, according to CECC data.

The patient sought medical treatment multiple times because of his symptoms but was not suspected of being a COVID-19 case until March 26, when he went to hospital suffering from fever and severe breathing difficulties, said CECC official Chou Chih-hao.

– “COVID-19 patient had contact with over 400 people: CECC,” Intellasia East Asia News, March 31, 2020

I think this Chinese-language CNA article says about as much as the above article:

武漢肺炎／268案疫調難部分足跡公布 曾到金山烏來老街 | 生活 | 重點新聞 | 中央社 CNA

[qwert_zuiop]

@Charlie_Jack

We had something like that back in March of last year.

In March, Taiwan was basically COVID-free, so it’s somewhat understandable that doctors don’t assume a “cold” is actually COVID. Since Level-2 and Level-3 were started, that should no longer be the case…

[Brianjones]

They shouldn’t assume anything. That’s the problem with docs here just throw a bag of pills at people.

[Belgian_Pie]

@Charlie_Jack

Even though the patient started showing symptoms of coughing, sore throat, headache, fever, asthma, diarrhea, and pneumonia on February 28

@Charlie_Jack

had contact with at least 449 people and he visited New Taipei’s Jinshan Old Street in the afternoon of February 29 and Wulai Old Street in the afternoon of March 15

He has diarrhea and all the other stuff and yet he decides it’s a good idea to get out.

[Liberty]

Is amazing. If I had the flu the last place I would want to be is outside in public.

[Charlie_Jack]

@qwert_zuiop

In March, Taiwan was basically COVID-free, so it’s somewhat understandable that doctors don’t assume a “cold” is actually COVID. Since Level-2 and Level-3 were started, that should no longer be the case…

Also, the man already had respiratory disease, and I guess that interfered with the diagnosis. I left that part out because I felt I might have already copied too much of the article.

[slawa]

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[Charlie_Jack]

@Belgian_Pie

@Charlie_Jack

Even though the patient started showing symptoms of coughing, sore throat, headache, fever, asthma, diarrhea, and pneumonia on February 28

@Charlie_Jack

had contact with at least 449 people and he visited New Taipei’s Jinshan Old Street in the afternoon of February 29 and Wulai Old Street in the afternoon of March 15

He has diarrhea and all the other stuff and yet he decides it’s a good idea to get out.

Just posting this to make sure that everyone knows that I didn’t personally author the quotes attributed to me above, that the quotes are from a news article.

[Nevermind]

@Liberty

So you have zero insight. Thank you.