Tai says that unlike the treatment of infectious diseases, where success or failure depends largely on the skill of the physician, the efficacy of diabetes treatment rests mostly with the patient. The physician can only provide suggestions, and prescribe mediations for the patient to take, but everything else depends on the patient himself.
他表示，與治療成敗多半繫於醫生的感染症不同，糖尿病的治療成敗操控在病人手上，醫生只能給予建議，開藥給病人服用，其餘的都要靠病人自己。