Here is my short analysis with Li-yin Liu explaining one obstacle facing
#Taiwan
when shifting away from zero-covid to coexisting with the virus. A thread:
@FandMCollege
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#China
and
#Taiwan
were the last two places on earth with
#ZeroCovid
policies. They used “war language and deployment” against
#COVID19
and were successful. We see some similarities. One example is the theatrical performance of the disinfection operations by the military 👇
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The plus side of treating the virus as a collective threat is that the “waging war” mentality disciplines people and boosts support for the government’s exceptional measures to protect people from the “threat.”
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e.g, public opinion in May 2021 (when Delta variant hit) by
@pewresearch
shows the highest support among Taiwanese people for government covid restrictions being at the right level.
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