The recent enterovirus epidemic (in which many small children died) was no exception. The problem was that the public has lost confidence in government agencies. Given the intensive and sometimes sensational reporting by the media, many parents with small children were frantic, even as government agencies were repeating that there was "no need to panic."
這次腸病毒流行也不例外，問題是民眾對相關單位的防疫工作失去信心，再加上媒體大幅報導的推波助瀾，使得家有幼兒的父母們，人心惶惶、手足無措，在防疫單位頻呼不要對腸病毒恐慌聲中，反而爆發一場「大恐慌」。