Because the number of samples used in Lin's study was small, because the results of her estimates could not be verified, and because there were ethical misgivings concerning ethnic bias, the Department of Health turned down her offer to use 10,000 doses of a screening reagent manufactured by Mackay Memorial Hospital to test doctors and nurses who were treating SARS patients.
基於樣本數有限、預測結果無法確定、有族群歧視的倫理疑慮等因素，衛生署婉拒了馬偕醫院製作的一萬劑篩檢試劑，讓急於挽救醫護人員脫離險境的林媽利感到錯愕與不解。