“Shutting The Stable Door After The Horse Has Bolted”: The Surge of Covid Crisis in India

Just months ago, India avowed an endgame to the pandemic, COVID-19 infections were dropping. The health minister heaped praise on the Prime Minister as well as the export of vaccines to developing nations Aswini Kumar From statistics and observations in the past months, the transmission has increased profusely, the new strain has so many variations … Continue reading “Shutting The Stable Door After The Horse Has Bolted”: The Surge of Covid Crisis in India

Taiwan and Global Health: Challenges to International Membership

President Tsai-Ing Wen expresses gratitude for Taiwan supporters despite another failed attempt to be included in WHA meeting. Angelo Brian T. Castro Source: Tsai-Ing Wen’s Social Media Post (@iingwen) Since 2019, Taiwan was declared by Numbeo’s Health Care Index,  the world's largest database of user-contributed data about cities and countries worldwide, as the best healthcare … Continue reading Taiwan and Global Health: Challenges to International Membership

No Herd Immunity but Herd Stupidity: A Case Study on Poor Pandemic Management in Asia

TCSS Security Commentaries #018 IF STATE AND SOCIETY DO NOT SYNERGIZE IN HANDLING THE SPREAD OF THE EPIDEMIC, THEN THE IDEALS OF HERD IMMUNITY ARE JUST UNTENABLE. WHAT COMES INSTEAD, IS HERD STUPIDITY. Elpeni Fitrah, Taiwan Center for Security Studies Herd Stupidity is a parody of herd immunity which is one way to end the … Continue reading No Herd Immunity but Herd Stupidity: A Case Study on Poor Pandemic Management in Asia