> smart policies and responsible governance Agreed, they certainly have some people in charge with their heads screwed on right. From October's NPR interview [

> smart policies and responsible governance Agreed, they certainly have some people in charge with their heads screwed on right. From October's NPR interview [1] with "digital minister" Audrey Tang (of myriad Perl fame): > There was a case when a worker in an intimate drinking bar was diagnosed with COVID. She did not initially review the contact because of, you know, professional requirements. But, of course, that will hurt the reliable information requirement for contact tracing. And we did not, however, do any top-down, shutdown, takedown, lockdown of those places. > But rather, the people in the CECC, because they already had extensive prior experience working with HIV-positive communities - so they designed what we call a real contact system. So as long as people can be effective contacted and also social distancing requirements are met, no data is sent to the central government. And so they develop creative approaches such as leaving codenames, single-use email, pre-paid mobile phone numbers, hats with the plastic chuting to maintain physical distancing. And then they reopened." [1] https://www.npr.org/2020/10/12/923066322/digital-minister-on-taiwans-handling-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic https://www.npr.org/2020/10/12/923066322/digital-minister-on...