Is signing a DNR (refusal of CPR or life-sustaining care) a cause of high confirmed mortality? 36.4% of confirmed deaths signed the DNR, including chronically ill people, institutional residents, and those who signed up after the hospital promoted the palliative care policy. Some medical personnel believe that the high proportion of DNR signing may affect the domestic fatality rate, but some doctors believe that DNR is not without treatment, and the discussion of mortality should return to age and vaccination rate.

According to the "United News Network" report, Huang phone database Limin, director of the National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, believes that more than 36% of the confirmed deaths and confirmed cases signed the DNR, which is a high rate, which may be one of the reasons for the high fatality rate in Taiwan. However, Hong Ziren, vice president of Xinguang Hospital, told TVBS News Network that the DNR ratio should not have so much correlation with the number of deaths, but mainly related to age and the availability of complete vaccines. DNR: Do-Not-Resuscitate, refusing CPR or life-sustaining medical care.

In the description chart of the death case in the command center, the light blue font DNR is marked in the remarks column of the death case. Last July (2021), the command center announced that 17.8% of the death cases signed DNR; "United News Network"' s own statistics, from May 6 to July 30, today (2022), a total of 8,023 deaths, 2,919 The proportion of people who signed the DNR has increased to 36.4%. A high proportion of people with comorbidities and institutional residents signed the DNR