Thread by @tculpan

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After senior adviser Bruce Aylward was dodged the topic of Taiwan, the @WHO claimed "the WHO Secretariat works with Taiwanese health experts and authorities."
Note, it didn't even dare to put the word "Taiwan" in the headline of its statement
who.int/news-room/deta…

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Taiwan's @MOFA_Taiwan responded to the @who claims with its own statement.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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So let's go through @WHO claim and @MOFA_Taiwan response step by step.
Comparing notes helps to elucidate the reality and the spin at the global health agency and the country leading the fight.
mofa.gov.tw/en/News_Conten…

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Claim: Taiwan has a IHR point of contact, & access to password-protected Event Information Site

Reality: Taiwan unilaterally uploads info, but @WHO does NOT pass that on to members. Taiwan's updates on COVID19 have *not* been shared.

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The significance of @who not sharing lessons from @Taiwan_CDC with the world is immense.
Taiwan warned WHO of human-human Covid-19 transmission on Dec. 31.
That warning was ignored and not passed on to other countries.
China is a WHO member. Taiwan is not.

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Claim: Taiwan is a member of the Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET). @WHO alert network (GOARN) shares info with TEPHINET.
Reality: Fancy spin by WHO because TEPHINET is not even a WHO program!

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What happens is that @whogoarn (@WHO's alert network) & Taiwan both share to TEPHINET.
Taiwan doesn't have access to GOARN.
So Taiwan can only rely on what WHO may share to a third-party network, not from the WHO itself.
This is not "cooperation" by WHO with Taiwan

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Claim: Two Taiwanese public health experts participated in the Global Research Forum organized by WHO on Feb. 11
Reality: Taiwan actively sought access to the forum. They were allowed to participate by video conference & purely as "doctors" not representatives of Taiwan

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While Taiwan had two experts dial in to the Feb. 11/12 @WHO global research forum, they weren't able to share Taiwan's experience fighting Covid19 or meet with other countries.
This may not have mattered.
But @WHO members missed the chance to learn from Taiwan's experience
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