Yeah, its a ridiculous comment, but I just see it as a coping mechanism for some people in a crisis. People have a lack of agency in the situation so try to overcompensate by protecting the government.
Factually, Taiwan is behind pretty much every similar economy in terms of vaccine procurement. Korea vaccinated over 800,000 people yesterday and is on course to have 70% of its population vaccinated by the end of the August and has surplus vaccines for second doses. We are not going to really start until September and are still uncertain if the domestic vaccines will be ready in that time.
Thats the most similar economy to Taiwan and its biggest competitor and it will be at least four months ahead in getting back to normal. The whole thing is objectively a disaster.
Shouting abuse or getting angry isnt needed, but people have a right to be annoyed and you are completely right that the government should be honest about the situation. If there isnt proper discussion into why these things happen and governments are not made accountable, then they just happen again.
It says Level 7 includes teachers. Would that include us poor ESL teaching saps? (Follow up: it also says “up to highschool level”… does that mean uni instructors are excluded?)
My question is. : will local Taiwanese made vaccines be ever valid to get Europe green pass and travel freely? I guess not, considering WHO stance towards Taiwan. My main reason to get vaccnated is to be free to travel again to the West!
