"Double Standards for Epidemic Prevention"!

New Zealand pilots violated regulations to reproduce local cases on the island, but the Taiwan authorities deliberately omitted the itinerary

　　[Global Times reporter Cheng Dong] The New Zealand pilot of Taiwan's EVA Air violated the epidemic prevention regulations and allowed the island to reproduce the local case after 253 days.

However, Taiwan’s "Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center" announced the intention to miss the 9th itinerary, causing strong public opinion.

　　After the New Zealand pilot was diagnosed with the infection, his trajectory attracted much attention.

The Taiwan Epidemic Prevention Command Center announced his schedule on the 8th, 10th and 11th on the 22nd.

Taipei City Councillor Xu Qiaoxin said on Facebook on the 23rd that the footprints released by the authorities were blank on the 9th, and the "advanced version" she proposed includes the itinerary of the "Japan Exchange Association", Taipei Main Station, restaurants, restaurants, etc. The relevant information is provided by The enthusiastic public provided it, she asked the relevant store, and announced it after confirmation.

Unexpectedly, Chen Shizhong, the commander of Taiwan's "Central Epidemic Command Center", faced reporters' questions, but directly responded, "You don't need to ask any more, anyway, the announcement of the command center shall prevail."

On the 24th, Lianhe News ridiculed that Chen Shizhong had received the "true biography" of Su Zhenchang, the "President of the Executive Yuan," which made people feel bureaucratic and power arrogant.

　　Xu Qiaoxin himself was "concerned" by the command center, and the media was also asked to remove specific footprint information, otherwise he would be fined.

A large number of netizens went to Xu Qiaoxin's Facebook page to cheer for him. Some people said, "You know too much."

Others questioned, "Why did you announce the whereabouts of mainland tourists?

Kuomintang MP Wang Hongwei said that the New Zealand pilots had been to the "Japan Exchange Association" and questioned it because of political factors or "diplomatic" sensitivity, and the authorities deliberately concealed it.

　　The incident continued to burn on the island.

On the 23rd, EVA Air, where the New Zealand pilot worked, apologized and held a disciplinary committee meeting by telephone. After listening to the pilot’s statement, the resolution took effect on the basis of serious violation of epidemic prevention regulations and serious impact on the company’s image.

On the 24th, Taiwan’s "Minister of Transportation" Lin Jialong stated that Evergreen would impose a fine of NT$1 million on the legal limit for failing to effectively require the crew to implement epidemic prevention measures.

Chen Shizhong said on the 24th, "If you feel bad, I apologize."

He argued that the reason why the footprints of confirmed cases should be disclosed to the command center is that they worry that there will be more information about true and false, and that confusion is not good for epidemic prevention.

　　"What is more worrying than the local case is the double standard of epidemic prevention", the "United Daily News" published a comment on the 24th, which to some extent reflects the double standards of the authorities' epidemic prevention work. The first is the differential treatment of epidemic prevention for different nationalities or regions. In November, a Philippine foreign worker ran out of the room for 8 seconds during the isolation of an epidemic prevention hotel. He was fined NT$100,000 by the Kaohsiung Health Bureau. If the pilot is not from New Zealand, but from Taiwan or Indonesia, would Chen Shizhong be so polite and feel unbearable to impose penalties?” The second is the differential treatment of different industries. The general population must be quarantined at home for 14 days when entering the country. It will take 3 days, "If industrial personnel enjoy special treatment, if they do not self-examine, how can other people be convinced?" The third is "Compared with the previous refusal to return the children of land spouses to their hometowns, making trouble for Taiwan compatriots in Wuhan in every possible way, and discriminating against China and foreign countries. The mentality is self-evident." At present, there are more than 2 million people infected with the disease in the UK, and only more than 90,000 people have been diagnosed in the mainland. Chen Shizhong still calls the new crown "Wuhan pneumonia" so far, completely lacking the objectivity, neutrality and humility of scientific people. The article believes that the collapse of the "zero native myth" may not be a bad thing for Taiwan, at least it can force Chen Shizhong to face the reality seriously and not to whitewash peace.