Exclusive | More than 50 years of age receive a flu vaccine financed with public funds that were quick to ask parliamentarians to attack the central government “grassroots scolding”

Publicly funded flu vaccination is enthusiastic. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare yesterday made the urgent decision to suspend vaccination for adults aged 50 to 64 years without high-risk chronic diseases as of today (17). It was reported that in the LINE group of DPP “national advisers”, many congressmen criticized the central government for making changes and criticized the “political turn. This is quite inappropriate, including DPP members such as Taipei City Councilor Wu Peiyi and New Taipei City Councilor Zhang Zhihao. Members, as well as Kaohsiung City Councilor Lin Zhihong and other young people; Zhang Zhihao and Lin Zhihong confirmed in an interview with “Apple News” that they called “the bases criticized” and called on the central government to implement support measures as soon as possible.

It is understood that New Taipei City Councilor Zhang Zhihao criticized in the group: “Yes! The rank and file really scolded him from yesterday to today. The amount of vaccines and the current environment during the Wuhan virus epidemic must be deployed in advance, even considering the difference in environment. In the past, the number of allocated vaccines and the age of defined high-risk groups should not be changed hastily. Any policy change will trigger a political storm. I hope to quickly review the intent of the original policy “.

In an interview with Apple, Zhang Zhihao said that due to this year’s epidemic, the Ministry of Health and Welfare should be able to understand that people are destined for panic and that the proportion of influenza vaccines that they proactively administer with public funds also will be greater. Therefore, vaccine allocation must be strictly evaluated. Strive to deploy later.

Zhang Zhihao said that after the government announced the opening of the policy, local grassroots chiefs were widely publicized. Unexpectedly, it was temporarily suspended. “We call it a policy change.” This will definitely cause a backlash in public opinion. In your own constituency alone, there are 10 district leaders. He expressed a high degree of dissatisfaction and felt the boiling of public complaints even more when he ran the show.

Zhang Zhihao mentioned that the national representative bears the brunt and endures the front-line public complaints and has the responsibility to respond to the voice of the rank and file. Especially since the policy has been changed, the government will surely express it officially to express an apology to the society and explain why the card is requested and what will happen in the future. Solve the support measures, instead of calling the card without any explanation, you can not be helpless.

Kaohsiung City Councilor Lin Zhihong also jumped out of the group, saying, “Kaohsiung finally got it back. This vaccine incident has allowed the blue camp to find space to operate. It has been surrendering and attacking us. The bases are very dissatisfied with our government and think it should be a long time ago. Judging from the phenomenon of rushing to fight the vaccine, we should ask the biotech factory to produce it as soon as possible so that grassroots people feel comfortable “.

Lin Zhihong’s interview also said that when the policy was suspended, there was a lot of backlash at the grassroots level. People and bosses constantly complained. Also, he infuriated him face to face as a national representative and he must come forward to fight for it.

Lin Zhihong said that this year is the year of epidemic prevention. It is different from the level where people want to fight and fight. It is conceivable for people to panic and rush to fight. If the policy is not appropriate, the review should be reviewed, especially the panic will not go away. The fundamental solution is to speed up production. Only the timing of vaccines can resolve public anxiety.

In addition, Taipei City Councilor Wu Peiyi criticized the group: “Canceling publicly funded vaccines for people aged 50 to 64 and changing the order at night is really bad. Before, we all helped publicize at the grassroots level and we encourage everyone to get more vaccinations. And the dose at the community site should be the same. It was calculated before, and it will not be insufficient due to active fighting, which is difficult for the public to understand. Please Please help the response center. The text of this policy announcement is “suspended” implementation. I hope 50-64 year olds will get publicly funded vaccines as soon as possible. It’s the integrity of government issue. ” (Zhou Yanyu, Lin Qiwei / Taipei Report)