"Do Not Treat People's Lives as Trivial... No Life Is Unworthy"
"Stigmatized as 'Unvaccinated'"

A citizen is receiving a vaccine at the vaccination center set up in Sadang Sports Complex, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. The photo is unrelated to specific expressions in the article. Photo by Asia Economy DB.

A citizen is receiving a vaccine at the vaccination center set up in Sadang Sports Complex, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. The photo is unrelated to specific expressions in the article. Photo by Asia Economy DB.

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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Amid a series of petitions related to COVID-19 vaccine side effects, a claim has been raised that a man in his 30s died of acute cerebral hemorrhage the day after receiving the Janssen vaccine.


On the 31st of last month, a petition titled "President Moon Jae-in, I am a citizen of the Republic of Korea" was posted on the Blue House National Petition Board. As of 5 p.m. on the 2nd, this petition had received over 3,000 endorsements.


The petitioner, who identified themselves as unvaccinated, opened by saying, "My family member passed away due to acute cerebral hemorrhage the day after receiving the Janssen vaccine," and added, "That man in his 30s died alone in a lonely house far from home without even a single cry."


He said, "My father passed away from acute sepsis caused by anaphylaxis, and I have a genetic predisposition to anaphylaxis, so I was hesitant about getting vaccinated. Such incidents happened so suddenly that it caused distrust in vaccines."


He continued, "I am not someone who refuses all vaccines," and said, "Last November, both my children and I completed flu vaccinations, and my children have received all the vaccines that the country mandates as essential."


Photo by Cheongwadae National Petition Board screen capture.

Photo by Cheongwadae National Petition Board screen capture.

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The petitioner also criticized the government for responding passively to vaccine side effects. He said, "There are many people around me experiencing side effects such as menstruating continuously for a month even when it is not their period, losing eyesight, suffering heart pain, or enduring consecutive headaches," and added, "Countless citizens have to live with lifelong disabilities and aftereffects caused by the vaccine. How can those who have passed away be compensated for the unfinished lives they left behind?"


He continued, "Do not ignore the cries of the people. Do not treat the lives of the people as insignificant," and said, "There is no life in this world that is not precious. No one is expendable even in death."


He also appealed not to create an atmosphere that forces vaccination by using the quarantine pass (vaccination certificate/negative test confirmation system). The petitioner emphasized, "'As an unvaccinated person,' am I not allowed to live in the Republic of Korea?" and urged, "Please do not ignore the blood-soaked cries of the people."


Meanwhile, according to the 'COVID-19 Vaccine Victims Family Council' (Kovakhoe), which claims vaccine injury, the number of people who experienced side effects after vaccination is about 360,000, with 11,000 severe cases and 1,170 deaths.



However, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, as of October 25 last year, the number of cases reviewed for causality between vaccination and death was a total of 777. Among these, only 2 cases were recognized as related to vaccination and death. Among 1,089 severe adverse reactions, causality was recognized in 5 cases.


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