"I Don't Want to Die from Vaccine Side Effects" Elementary Students' Petitions Following the 'Youth Quarantine Pass'

"We might be young, but it only looks like they are forcibly pushing vaccination despite claiming it is a personal freedom."

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Soyoung] Following the government's plan to expand the application of the 'Quarantine Pass (Vaccination Certificate and Negative Test Confirmation System),' from February next year, adolescents aged 12 to 17 will also be included in the quarantine pass application target. In response, petitions opposing this among these age groups are continuing.

On the 10th, a post titled "Why We, Elementary School Students, Oppose the Youth Vaccine Pass" was uploaded on the Blue House National Petition Board.

The petitioner, who identified themselves as a 6th-grade elementary school student living in Seocho-gu, Seoul, stated, "I am writing this to talk about opposing the vaccine pass," and explained, "Although many petitions regarding the vaccine pass are being posted, the reason we are writing this is that there are no petitions viewed from the perspective of relatively young people like us."

They added, "First of all, before talking about the vaccine pass, both of our parents have been vaccinated," and explained, "In the case of our parents, they got vaccinated to prevent us from being exposed to the coronavirus and to avoid us getting vaccinated. Even though adults experience numerous cases of side effects, there is no guarantee that it is safe for children to get vaccinated."

On the 10th, a post titled "Why We, Elementary School Students, Oppose the Youth Vaccine Pass" was uploaded on the Blue House National Petition Board. Photo by Blue House National Petition Board

They continued, "I was really shocked to hear the news that from February, you have to get vaccinated to attend academies. We are prospective middle school students, and although some friends do not attend academies, the majority do," and expressed, "Maybe because we are young, it only looks like they are pushing vaccination coercively while saying vaccination is a personal freedom."

They further stated, "Isn't this blocking unvaccinated people from studying? I don't even know why we, who are only 13 years old, have to write such posts or why we have to worry about this. I am scared and afraid of what symptoms might appear after vaccination. I don't want to suffer side effects or die," they appealed.

Earlier, on the 8th, a petitioner who identified as a 6th-grade elementary school student living in Yangcheon-gu posted a petition titled "I Oppose the Introduction of the Vaccine Pass (Quarantine Pass)," claiming, "The introduction of the vaccine pass is an act of taking away the choice from people who are afraid of side effects from vaccination."

On the same day, another petitioner, also a 6th-grade elementary school student living in Gyeonggi-do, posted a petition titled "I Oppose the Vaccine Pass," strongly opposing by stating, "Applying the vaccine pass to those who refuse vaccination and forcing vaccination is a violation of human rights."

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