Taiwan's Highly Successful COVID-19 Response: Schools and Businesses Stay OPEN

[mikegriffith1]

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research (ISC) is the leading provider of intelligence, data and trends on the world’s English-medium K12 international schools. A range of reports, data portal, and research partnerships are available from ISC to support

www.iscresearch.com

 

[mudwhistle]

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research (ISC) is the leading provider of intelligence, data and trends on the world’s English-medium K12 international schools. A range of reports, data portal, and research partnerships are available from ISC to support

www.iscresearch.com

It also helps that you're an island and you won't allow Chinese to enter unless they're screened properly.

 

[mikegriffith1]

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research (ISC) is the leading provider of intelligence, data and trends on the world’s English-medium K12 international schools. A range of reports, data portal, and research partnerships are available from ISC to support

www.iscresearch.com

It also helps that you're an island and you won't allow Chinese to enter unless they're screened properly.

The point is that Taiwan has contained and greatly limited the spread of the virus without shutting down half of its economy, closing its schools, and banning large gatherings. If anything, given how many people traveled to and from China to/from Taiwan before the virus was detected, it is nothing short of amazing that Taiwan has done such a good job of containing it.

 

[U2Edge]

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research (ISC) is the leading provider of intelligence, data and trends on the world’s English-medium K12 international schools. A range of reports, data portal, and research partnerships are available from ISC to support

www.iscresearch.com

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SO WHY DIDN'T TRUMP PLACE THE SAME TRAVEL BANS ON PEOPLE TRAVELING AS TAWAIN DID.

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research (ISC) is the leading provider of intelligence, data and trends on the world’s English-medium K12 international schools. A range of reports, data portal, and research partnerships are available from ISC to support

www.iscresearch.com

SO WHY DIDN'T TRUMP PLACE THE SAME TRAVEL BANS THAT TAIWAN PLACED ON FOREIGN TRAVEL BACK IN JANUARY? NOTICE TAIWAN STRICT TRAVEL BANS INVOLVE ALL TRAVELERS, NOT JUST THOSE FROM CHINA? WHY DIDN'T TRUMP HAVE MASS TESTING READY TO GO FOR THIS VIRUS?

AGAIN, THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS TRUMP'S FAILURE.

The reason Taiwan does not have domestic lockdowns that way the United States does is because UNLIKE the United States, they acted EARLY to prevent the disease from coming into the country and successfully contained any breakthrough in their defenses. THEY PREVENTED COMMUNITY SPREAD! Once community spread starts, that forces the country or region to go into lockdowns!

Taiwan took this seriously early and acted swiftly, and they are now enjoying the benefits of having done so as the virus rages across the United States.

 

[Correll]

Sounds like a sane healthy response.

 

[U2Edge]

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research (ISC) is the leading provider of intelligence, data and trends on the world’s English-medium K12 international schools. A range of reports, data portal, and research partnerships are available from ISC to support

www.iscresearch.com

It also helps that you're an island and you won't allow Chinese to enter unless they're screened properly.

The point is that Taiwan has contained and greatly limited the spread of the virus without shutting down half of its economy, closing its schools, and banning large gatherings. If anything, given how many people traveled to and from China to/from Taiwan before the virus was detected, it is nothing short of amazing that Taiwan has done such a good job of containing it.

Taiwan doesn't have to do domestic shutdowns like the United States does because they acted early to prevent community spread within the country with FOREIGN TRAVEL BANS and TESTING, TESTING, TESTING! Those two things combined prevented community spread.

TRUMP FAILED TO DO THAT! THANKS TO TRUMP AND THE FAILURE TO PREVENT COMMUNITY SPREAD, LOCKDOWN IS THE ONLY OPTION FOR THE UNITED STATES NOW!

 

[mudwhistle]

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research (ISC) is the leading provider of intelligence, data and trends on the world’s English-medium K12 international schools. A range of reports, data portal, and research partnerships are available from ISC to support

www.iscresearch.com

It also helps that you're an island and you won't allow Chinese to enter unless they're screened properly.

The point is that Taiwan has contained and greatly limited the spread of the virus without shutting down half of its economy, closing its schools, and banning large gatherings. If anything, given how many people traveled to and from China to/from Taiwan before the virus was detected, it is nothing short of amazing that Taiwan has done such a good job of containing it.

It's called common-sense.....something the left severely lacks these days. Common-sense is called racism in this country.

 

[mudwhistle]

If the media was honest the Democrat Party would be finished now.....because their open-borders policies helped make this pandemic a reality.

 

[Likkmee]

If cops tested for coroners virus as often as they checked for license, tag expiration, bad turn signals, INSURANCE !. They might catch a fault worth catching and send the positives home under self quarantine until retested in a couple weeks before OK'd to go out. Revenuers would never hear of such a thing. Plus the blue and brown shirts unions would demand "hazardous duty" pay

 

[MadChemist]

mikegriffith1

Great Thread.

As the rest of Europe lives under lockdown, Sweden keeps calm and carries on

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/as-the-rest-of-europe-lives-under-lockdown-sweden-keeps-calm-and-carries-on Very interesting. It has only been in the past couple of days that the death toll has started to increase significantly, rising by a third in a single day on Thursday and...

www.usmessageboard.com

I am also watching this one closely.

 

[U2Edge]

If the media was honest the Democrat Party would be finished now.....because their open-borders policies helped make this pandemic a reality.

Taiwan has open borders, but they closed them when the crises hit in January. Trump did not do that. Now the United States must stay in lockdown because we have community spread in the country.

 

[U2Edge]

mikegriffith1

Great Thread.

As the rest of Europe lives under lockdown, Sweden keeps calm and carries on

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/as-the-rest-of-europe-lives-under-lockdown-sweden-keeps-calm-and-carries-on Very interesting. It has only been in the past couple of days that the death toll has started to increase significantly, rising by a third in a single day on Thursday and...

www.usmessageboard.com

I am also watching this one closely.

Taiwan is not the same as Sweden. Taiwan was way ahead of the problem. Sweden has one of the highest case levels per capita of coronavirus on the planet. One thing Sweden may have is more widespread testing than the United States and quarantining of those that test positive. But here in the United States, we don't have that testing capability yet thanks to Trump.

 

[depotoo]

If the media was honest the Democrat Party would be finished now.....because their open-borders policies helped make this pandemic a reality.

Taiwan has open borders, but they closed them when the crises hit in January. Trump did not do that. Now the United States must stay in lockdown because we have community spread in the country.

Yeah, like that would have happened. The Dem’s had conniption fits when he restricted travel from China originally. Remember? He was xenophobic!

 

[Brain357]

Shame our leaders didn’t take this seriously enough and follow a similar path.

 

[U2Edge]

If the media was honest the Democrat Party would be finished now.....because their open-borders policies helped make this pandemic a reality.

Taiwan has open borders, but they closed them when the crises hit in January. Trump did not do that. Now the United States must stay in lockdown because we have community spread in the country.

Yeah, like that would have happened. The Dem’s had conniption fits when he restricted travel from China originally. Remember? He was xenophobic!

The President has the authority to do it. All he has to do is declare a national emergency. He has executive power and control of the Senate. Trump could easily have done what Taiwan did. He FAILED TO ACT! TRUMP said it would suddenly just disappear.

 

[mikegriffith1]

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

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SO WHY DIDN'T TRUMP PLACE THE SAME TRAVEL BANS ON PEOPLE TRAVELING AS TAWAIN DID.

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

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SO WHY DIDN'T TRUMP PLACE THE SAME TRAVEL BANS THAT TAIWAN PLACED ON FOREIGN TRAVEL BACK IN JANUARY? NOTICE TAIWAN STRICT TRAVEL BANS INVOLVE ALL TRAVELERS, NOT JUST THOSE FROM CHINA? WHY DIDN'T TRUMP HAVE MASS TESTING READY TO GO FOR THIS VIRUS?

AGAIN, THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS TRUMP'S FAILURE.

The reason Taiwan does not have domestic lockdowns that way the United States does is because UNLIKE the United States, they acted EARLY to prevent the disease from coming into the country and successfully contained any breakthrough in their defenses. THEY PREVENTED COMMUNITY SPREAD! Once community spread starts, that forces the country or region to go into lockdowns!

Taiwan took this seriously early and acted swiftly, and they are now enjoying the benefits of having done so as the virus rages across the United States.

Uh, because people like you howled and screamed when Trump just banned travel from China. Dem presidential candidates accused him of "xenophobia" and "racism" and claimed the ban was an "over-reaction."

As for our slowness in testing, you can thank federal red tape for that debacle:

How Government Red Tape Stymied Testing and Made the Coronavirus Epidemic Worse

FDA and CDC bureaucrats stopped private and academic diagnostic tests from being deployed.

reason.com

How Bad Regulation, Bureaucracy Slowed The Fight Against Deadly Wuhan Coronavirus

Yale health expert Dr. Michael Bracken warned NIH that much of its research spending was ‘wasted.’

issuesinsights.com

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Sounds like a sane healthy response.

It is a sane healthy response if you live on an island and you stopped almost all travel 3 months ago and had mass testing ready to use when necessary.

 

[Brain357]

Sounds like a sane healthy response.

It is a sane healthy response if you live on an island and you stopped almost all travel 3 months ago and had mass testing ready to use when necessary.

Nice to see an example of how this could have been handled. Shame we got such a disaster...

 

[debbiedowner]

Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been praised worldwide. Taiwan has one of the lowest infection rates in the world. Therefore, it is interesting to learn that Taiwan has not closed its schools and has allowed nearly all businesses to remain open. Taiwan has also refrained from absolute bans on large and small gatherings, which is why nearly all Taiwanese businesses have been able to stay open. And, as of 19 hours ago, Taiwan has had fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases out of a population of 24 million.

So what measures has Taiwan taken? Taiwan has imposed very strict travel bans and has been very aggressive and proactive in testing its citizens. Taiwan has also required all citizens who have returned from overseas travel to stay home for 14 days. Taiwan has urged citizens to practice social distancing whenever feasible, but, again, has not imposed outright bans on gatherings. Taiwan delayed the resumption of its school year for only two weeks in February, and all of Taiwan's schools have been open since February 25. Why? Because Taiwan's health authorities realized fairly quickly that the virus poses such an extremely small risk to children that there was no sound reason to close schools.

Now, although Taiwan has allowed schools to remain open, it has imposed some measures on its schools. When children arrive at school, they are checked for fever, and are sent home if they have a fever. Schools with more than 1,000 students are required to have at least 10 entrance lanes for temperature checks, and dividers are placed on students’ desks to separate them.

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (Published 2020)

Shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since there’s little evidence that children are a major source of the spread.

www.nytimes.com

MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

外交部全球資訊網-英文版,MinistryofForeignAffairs,RepublicofChina(Taiwan)

www.mofa.gov.tw

Taiwan shows its mettle in coronavirus crisis, while the WHO is MIA | Brookings

The public health professionalism and sense of global responsibility Taiwan has displayed underscore the irrationality of Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization and its information channels due to political objections from China.

www.brookings.edu

Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

The government acted swiftly, taking advantage of infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach.

www.businessinsider.com

Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

www.bloomberg.com

Taiwan reports third coronavirus death, total cases near 300

A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Taiwan, the government said late on Sunday, as the number of cases on the island approached 300.

www.reuters.com

https://www.iscresearch.com/cornavirus-covid-19-updateorts-third-coronavirus-death-total-cases-near-300-idUSKBN21H00P

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research

Coronavirus COVID-19 update - ISC Research (ISC) is the leading provider of intelligence, data and trends on the world’s English-medium K12 international schools. A range of reports, data portal, and research partnerships are available from ISC to support

www.iscresearch.com

It also helps that you're an island and you won't allow Chinese to enter unless they're screened properly.

The point is that Taiwan has contained and greatly limited the spread of the virus without shutting down half of its economy, closing its schools, and banning large gatherings. If anything, given how many people traveled to and from China to/from Taiwan before the virus was detected, it is nothing short of amazing that Taiwan has done such a good job of containing it.

Everyone wore a mask unlike what are CDC recommended. It only makes sense for everyone to wear one even if it's just 50% protection. What keeps droplets out will keep droplets in. Now Dr Fauci seems to agree with that and many scientists.

 

[MadChemist]

mikegriffith1

Great Thread.

As the rest of Europe lives under lockdown, Sweden keeps calm and carries on

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/as-the-rest-of-europe-lives-under-lockdown-sweden-keeps-calm-and-carries-on Very interesting. It has only been in the past couple of days that the death toll has started to increase significantly, rising by a third in a single day on Thursday and...

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I am also watching this one closely.

Taiwan is not the same as Sweden. Taiwan was way ahead of the problem. Sweden has one of the highest case levels per capita of coronavirus on the planet. One thing Sweden may have is more widespread testing than the United States and quarantining of those that test positive. But here in the United States, we don't have that testing capability yet thanks to Trump.

I am watching it because they are not shutting down.

I am not saying it is good or bad. I was just pointing it out.

When you have a small population, like Sweden a few changes can throw statistics way off.

Their death toll was nothing yesterday, but it appears they may not have reported it as it is up to 36 already today.