Now that so many medical profession-als have died, operations at many major hospitals have been severely curtailed, and society has paid a terrible price, Taiwanese-so proud of accomplishments in gene sequencing, cow cloning, test tube babies, and other aspects of cutting-edge science-have realized that "advanced medicine" does not necessarily mean "advanced public health."
死傷了許多醫護人員，重創了許多大型醫院，付出了許多慘痛的代價後，前不久還為基因定序、複製牛、試管嬰兒等各項醫學成就驕傲的台灣人，恍然從夢中驚醒：原來，「醫學先進發達」並不代表公共衛生進步！