(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) China Times Review: Facing Mainland Epidemic Prevention Experience Benefits Taiwanese Society

China News Service, Beijing, March 9th: Face up to mainland epidemic prevention experience benefits Taiwan society

China News Agency reporter Liu Shuling

Qiu Shuzheng, a public health expert who responded to the SARS epidemic in 2003, was the director of the Taipei City Health Bureau. He recently stated on the Taiwan TV talk show that the mainland has made great progress in medical treatment and responded to the new crown epidemic. Taiwan should attach importance to the experience of the mainland.

After the conversation was uploaded to social media, it sparked debate.

Taiwan is proud of its medical progress. Qiu Shuzheng proposed observations on the mainland's fight against the new crown epidemic, especially affirming the efficient public mobilization in the land sector, the overall dispatch of epidemiological medical manpower, and the publication of a large number of first-hand research materials. Strive to make her unavoidable from some personal attacks.

For some time, many social media spaces in Taiwan, and even some serious public opinion platforms, have appeared to vilify the mainland and devalue the efforts and dedication of the mainland's medical and health care. Advocating cross-strait cooperation will often be subject to various pressures.

However, Qiu Shuzheng also received support from many netizens, because it is well-founded. For example, a considerable number of patients with new coronavirus infection have no fever symptoms when admitted to hospitals, and screening and diagnosis are extremely difficult for medical teams around the world. Qiu noted that the mainland medical community invested a lot of resources such as kits and manpower in a short time, but thought it was not fast enough, and then used chest imaging medical examination (CT) as an aid.

The presenter lamented that the inspection was costly. Qiu Shuying said this bluntly. Do you still think that the mainland is backward? Being able to use CT to test a large number of viruses quickly and help doctors make early diagnosis shows that the mainland has indeed made great progress in medical treatment. With a humble attitude, Taiwan should value these experiences and avoid falling on the same ground.

At present, the new crown virus is a common enemy of mankind, and both sides of the strait should jointly face this major challenge in the field of public health. At the end of January, Gao Mingjian, the chairman of the Taiwan Medical Alliance Association, and dozens of medical and academics jointly appealed that the people of Taiwan are in difficult times and give the mainland people the necessary assistance. Even if the Taiwan authorities set up obstacles, there are still non-governmental organizations purchasing emergency supplies such as masks and protective clothing overseas, helping out medical institutions in Hubei and other places, and more Taiwan-funded enterprises working silently, providing large amounts of funds and physical support for the epidemic .

The people of Taiwan do not fully follow this trend of speech. Taiwan ’s “Chinese Opinion Research Association”, composed of academics and opinion poll researchers, released a poll report in late February on “pneumonia prevention and cross-strait cooperation, what do people think?” The data show that 61% of Taiwan ’s interviewed people agree The two sides of the Straits have cooperated in the prevention and control of the epidemic. The data surprised the poll experts who participated in this work. It also appeared that in the context of time and space where life and work across the Taiwan Straits are closely connected, most people have a more calm assessment of the new crown epidemic prevention and control. Excessive narrow speech.

After all, the mainland has accumulated more than 80,000 confirmed cases of new crowns, has a lot of experience in prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment, and has a solid research foundation.

Recently, the Lan Palace in Taichung Township of Taichung has jointly held about 100 Mazu Temples in Taiwan to hold the Epidemic Prevention Conference. Zheng Lankun, vice chairman of Zhenlan Palace, said in an interview that the Matsu temples on both sides of the strait are a family, and it is the most important that the epidemic situation is extinguished. Especially, cross-strait epidemic prevention is highly relevant and should work together. No good.

On the other hand, it should also be noted that the mainstream western media have recently reported much more objectively on the mainland's epidemic prevention than before. For example, the New York Times published an interview earlier this month with Bruce Aylward, the leader of the WHO expert panel on China. The epidemiologist bluntly stated that the rapid outbreak had stabilized and the temperature had fallen faster than expected. Moreover, China's anti-epidemic approach can be replicated, but it requires speed, funding, imagination, and political courage.

After fighting the SARS epidemic in 2003, those with insight in Taiwan should understand that epidemic prevention is a scientific and humane job; only with more exchanges and mutual learning can we effectively deploy the direction of epidemic prevention and mobilize preparation specifications.

In January, at the request of the Taiwan ’s disease control department, the mainland arranged for Taiwan epidemic prevention experts to visit Wuhan on the spot; the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council revealed that the mainland specifically informed the Taiwan side that the mainland had shared new coronavirus gene sequences with WHO and obtained related gene sequences. For the information of the channels, the latest information on the epidemic prevention and control was reported to the Taiwan area in time.

In a commentary published by the media, Qiu Shuzheng made suggestions on the island's epidemic prevention work: Only if the direction is correct, it is possible to run ahead of the virus and master the opportunities. Experts with deep administrative and medical professional experience are actually applicable to cross-strait epidemic prevention cooperation. At the time when cross-strait economic and social exchanges are so frequent, the ugly mainland may cater to the political preferences of some people, but if we ignore the scientific epidemic prevention accumulated by the mainland Practical experience is undoubtedly the loss of Taiwan's epidemic prevention work. (Finish)