Virologist urges Taiwan to think about when to lift all COVID restrictions 2021-09-14 15-21-00


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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese virologist has urged the country to begin to think about when to lift its strict border controls, saying that humans must eventually learn to live with the COVID-19 virus. Dr. Michael Lai (賴明詔), a virologist and Academia Sinica researcher, recently returned to Taiwan from the U.S. with his wife. Upon arrival, the couple stayed in a quarantine hotel as required by law, during which time Lai pondered the nation’s handling of the pandemic, TTV News reported on Monday (Sept. 13). Lai said Taiwan has paid an extremely high social cost to grapple with the...