Death 2 Hours 40 Minutes After Vaccination "No Causality"... Bereaved Families Outraged

Causality review results of Mr. Jo, who died after vaccination.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Seoyoung] In Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, an woman in her 80s died about 2 hours and 40 minutes after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, but when health authorities stated that it was difficult to recognize causality with the vaccine, the bereaved family protested.

According to Namyangju City on the 12th, the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reviewed the causality of the vaccine on the 2nd, four months after Ms. Jo (88) died following the Pfizer vaccine inoculation. Afterwards, regarding Ms. Jo's cause of death, it was determined that "it was confirmed that she died from underlying diseases and aortic dissection rather than the vaccine inoculation, making it difficult to recognize causality with the vaccine."

Aortic dissection refers to a condition where the inside of the aorta ruptures and the blood vessel wall tears. The Promotion Team stated that Ms. Jo's death "occurred at a time temporally plausible for an adverse reaction after vaccination, but it falls under a case where the probability of other causes is higher than that of the vaccine."

On the 7th, the bereaved family expressed their grievance after receiving a notice stating that the review result was not subject to damage compensation or medical expense support. Mr. Go (61), Ms. Jo's second son, claimed, "My mother had been taking one pill of hypertension medication daily for three years, but her condition improved enough to reduce it to half a pill a year ago," adding, "Her attending physician even said she would live at least ten more years, but she passed away immediately after vaccination."

Earlier, on April 23rd at around 12:30 PM, Ms. Jo received the Pfizer vaccine at the vaccination center installed in Jinjeop Sports and Culture Center in Namyangju City. After the vaccination, Ms. Jo headed to the senior center within her apartment complex as usual, but shortly after, she complained of chest tightness and full-body pain. Ms. Jo was able to walk by herself and get into the ambulance when the 119 emergency team arrived, but about five minutes before arriving at the hospital, she had a seizure.

Despite emergency treatments such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the hospital, Ms. Jo passed away around 3:15 PM. Her death was reported to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency system on April 27th, four days later, as "unspecified cardiac arrest after vaccination," but after investigation into vaccine causality, the result came out four months later stating "causality is difficult to recognize."

In response, the bereaved family raised objections along with a medical opinion letter from the hospital doctor who was well aware of Ms. Jo's usual condition. The letter included details such as blood tests conducted last year showing no abnormalities in Ms. Jo's health and that her blood pressure was within the normal range until April 21st, two days before her death.

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