Ho Mei-shang suggests that the unwillingness of the government agencies to face the facts even at the height of the epidemic meant that speculation was running rampant, with "everybody acting like an expert" and "people feeling they could say anything." Truth and rumor became confused, creating even more problems for the public.
何美鄉認為，在疫情高峰時，由於防疫單位遲遲不肯面對問題，於是坊間「人人是專家」、「人人可發言」，導致推論與結論、揣摩與真實混淆，造成群眾更加困惑。