Taiwan’s Problematic Shift to “Living with Virus” COVID Policy in 2022: Its Recent Historical and Social Processes 【 by Daiwie Fu , June 2022 】 (Note: This article was published in Critical Asia Archives: events and theories . 2022 Taiwan topic: Vaccine: Molar and Molecular ) Topics like “Taiwan, hailed for its gold standard Covid strategy, now faces potential for lots of deaths”( Telegraph , 6/May), or “Once a zero-Covid poster child, island learns to live with the viruses”( Guardian , 9/May) suddenly popped out in British papers early this May. Apparently Taiwan’s Covid-19 pandemic control policy has gone through a major, but problematic shift. This shift cannot simply be understood by the developments in recent months, it would need to dig into the depth of Taiwan’s major epidemic control institution CECC (Central Epidemic Control Center), including its recent history, its moral assumption, medical expertise, and its interests under Taiwan’...