The health minister who coordinated SARS, Chen Chien-Jen, later became Vice President during COVID, a Johns Hopkins–trained epidemiologist. Right after SARS , he designed the CECC (Central Epidemic Command Center). The system puts all ministries in one place, with the health minister as commander. Communication is no longer everyone calling everyone. There’s a shared dashboard, an intelligence center, doctors joining government (paid even more than deputy ministers), PPE stockpiles, and so on.