<Anchor> If a
severe adverse reaction occurs after getting the corona vaccine, health authorities will investigate whether the vaccine is the cause or not with experts.
Until now, it has been concluded that most of them have nothing to do with vaccines, but those who are more curious than anyone else and their families are not getting a proper explanation.
Reporter Park Soo-jin covered it.
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Mo Kim's son in her 40s was vaccinated against AstraZeneca on the 2nd of last month.
My son was admitted to a nursing hospital for the sequelae of a cerebral hemorrhage that occurred 10 years ago, and his mother welcomed his son's vaccination.
[Mr. Kim / Guardian of a patient with severe adverse reactions: I was greedy to see my son's face, go to touch it, and let it go.]
But two days after the vaccination, my son had high fever, swallowing disorder, and limb paralysis. I was transferred to a university hospital, and I was diagnosed with'intracranial hemorrhage', that is, a cerebral hemorrhage, and received an emergency surgery, but I am still unconscious.
The KCDC's judgment was that the causality of vaccination was not recognized.
The results of the investigation were delivered by mail on a single sheet of A4 paper.
The notice only states that it is more likely to be caused by reasons other than vaccines, and that it is more likely to be caused by an underlying disease, but there is no specific basis or reason for which causality is not recognized.
[Kim Mo/Severe adverse reaction patient guardian: (Did you understand well when you read the guide?) I didn't understand.
On what grounds did you conclude that it wasn't...
.]
Even if you call the local public health center that sent you the notice,
[Local Public Health Center Officer: We don't have the ability to give you an answer..."
.
(Then, where should I ask?) You should ask the KCDC.] Even if you
call the KCDC infectious disease call center,
[Disease Management Office 1339 Call Center: (Vaccine) There is no causality with injections. This judgment is made by the public health center...
.]
There was no place to get detailed answers.
[Myung-soon Yoo/Professor of Seoul National University Graduate School of Health: It is insufficient to meet the current needs for information and explanations felt by patients and their families.
A little more active effort to gain trust through communication (it is necessary.)]
As the number of vaccinations increases, the number of severe adverse reactions is bound to increase.
Transparent and specific disclosure of information is necessary to reduce anxiety about vaccines and to increase confidence in the results of government investigations.
(Video editing: Choi Hye-young, CG: Jung Hoe-yoon, VJ: Shin So-young)