Tao points out that over 90 % of Taiwan's population is infected with the hepatitis B virus, and while some develop natural immunity, around 20 % of the population, or two to three million people, may be chronic carriers of the disease.
陶秘華指出，台灣九成以上的人被 B 型肝炎病毒感染過，有些人會自然免疫，其中百分之二十的人會成為慢性帶原者。