DPP legislator Wang Dingyu.

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[Instant news/comprehensive report] Guo Taiming, the founder of the Wing Ling Foundation, attended the 4th anniversary celebration of the National Taiwan University Cancer Center branch yesterday, criticizing the government for not continuing to purchase the BNT vaccine, and questioning the promise that BNT Taiwan would order 30 million doses of Wuhan pneumonia ( Whether the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine can be fulfilled, I also mentioned that my 97-year-old mother has already given 3 doses of BNT. If I want to take the 4th dose now, I can only choose the Moderna vaccine, although they are all mRNA. Vaccines should be compatible, but no one can guarantee that there will be no side effects.

In this regard, DPP legislator Wang Dingyu said that vaccination is not a problem at all, and there are quite a lot of various vaccines in stock, saying that "Guo Dong's statement is worth studying."

In response to Guo Taiming's questioning of the government's remarks, Wang Dingyu hit back in a Facebook PO post, saying, "Nowadays, almost all vaccinations are on-demand. Vaccination is not a problem at all, and there are quite a lot of stocks of various vaccines, and we have to worry about the issue of expired destruction. Guo Dong’s statement is worth studying, is someone lying to him? Or is he trying to deceive someone?”

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Netizens commented after seeing the post, "He thinks he can speak freely if he is rich and powerful", "It's not that he can't get a call, he probably dare not call it", "Yes! My family is 90 years old and the fourth dose is BNT, the fifth dose of Modena Next Generation. Did Jelly pay attention to make an appointment for her mother’s vaccination date?”, “Noble chairman, the government should send someone to his house to help vaccinate, so as to meet noble needs”, “Oh! Red-top businessmen will only bow down to China, and only dare to smear Taiwan. They deliberately smear and want to bring the DPP down."

In response to Guo Taiming's remarks, Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that he has never rejected the purchase of BNT next-generation vaccines, but the actual demand and no evidence show that there is too much difference between BNT and Moderna vaccines. Signing up for 20 million doses of vaccines this year and 15 million doses next year has some advantages, including the ability to replace with next-generation vaccines. However, because BNT’s contract does not state that it can be replaced with next-generation vaccines, the other party does not agree to replace them. Therefore, considering factors such as the overall vaccine procurement strategy, It was decided to give priority to Modena, which has signed a contract and has high delivery flexibility. At present, there are still about 4 million doses of Modena's next-generation vaccine.