Richard Goodman, editor-in-chief of the weekly epidemiology report of the US Centers for Disease Control, has been quoted as saying that, with such confusion among agencies, it is "a miracle" that Taiwan has been able to control epidemic illnesses for so many years.
連曾經來台訪問的美國疾病管制中心疫情周報編輯主任古德曼都說：「在如此多不同單位中，台灣可以控制疫病多年，也是個奇蹟。」