The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan in 2003 has made it clear that Taiwan should not be excluded from the global network for preventing the spread of infectious diseases.
2003年在台湾爆发的严重急性呼吸系统综合症（萨斯）清楚地表明，台湾不应被排除在防止传染病扩散的全球网络之外。