The government assures us[1] that the strategy was not motivated by economic considerations. Taking them at their word and judging it by the stated objective of

The government assures us[1] that the strategy was not motivated by economic considerations. Taking them at their word and judging it by the stated objective of curbing the pandemic and protecting people's health, it has been a colossal failure from the start. Also, with Taiwan's current total[2] of 7 deaths, for them to "be the same as Sweden" there would have to be 13 000 deaths in the second wave. Unless the CDC initiates an exchange program to swap their experienced staff for Sweden's bumbling incompetents, that doesn't seem likely. [1] https://bloomberg.omniekonomi.se/sweden-says-covid-strategy-was-never-about-shielding-the-economy/a/6jLqXz https://bloomberg.omniekonomi.se/sweden-says-covid-strategy-... [2] https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En