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There have been more than 1,400 cases of death after receiving the corona vaccine so far.

However, only two of those cases were found to be causally caused by vaccines.

There are growing complaints and criticism that the government is judging too strictly.



By Park Byung-il, staff reporter.



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Jang Jun-ha, who was preparing for a job after graduating from university and discharged as an officer in the Marine Corps.



He can't even go to the bathroom on his own now.



[Jang Jun-ha / Cerebral haemorrhage after vaccination: I feel dizzy when I look up.

(Are you dizzy?) Yes.]



His fate changed in October of last year, the day after the second dose of the vaccine.



[Choi Jeong-ho/Mother: (At the time) My son vomited, his head hurts so badly, his body…

He said he couldn't stand up.] It was a



brain hemorrhage.



He was rushed to a university hospital and underwent emergency brain surgery to save his life, but he could not return to his former form.



[Choi Jeong-ho/Mother: Because he was a very healthy child, I thought that vaccine was the only cause.]



However, the deliberation result of the damage compensation committee was 4-2.



In other words, it was difficult to admit a causal relationship with vaccination.



[Jang Jun-ha/Cerebral hemorrhage after vaccination: (What do you think?) Just thinking that it is unfair.

Taking no responsibility and not walking properly.]



Even the doctor who performed Jun-ha's operation says he cannot understand the government's judgment.



[Park Jung-hyun/Professor of Neurosurgery at ○○ University Hospital: Actually, I think it is because of the vaccine.

As a result of the blood test, I tried everything and other tests, but I couldn't find any other cause.]



Mr. Gong Gong-hee, a postman in Gyeonggi-do.



Her son, who is also a postman, died three days after receiving the second dose of the vaccine in August of last year.



[Gong Jeong-hee/Mother: When I opened the door, the child was like this.

Call 911 quickly.

He called his father and came out without washing, and I was faint.] A



healthy son who majored in Taekwondo in college and even became a Taekwondo instructor before becoming a postman.



The autopsy result also pointed to the vaccine as a likely cause of death.



[Gong Gong-hee/Mother: It is judged that the probability that myocarditis was caused by vaccination is high.]



However, the result notified three months later was 4-1.



It was difficult to admit a causal relationship with the vaccine due to insufficient data.



[Kim Jong-hee/Father: (National Forensic Service) Doctors made such a decision, but why does the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not admit it?]



On the 14th, the government belatedly decided to acknowledge the causal relationship between myocarditis and vaccines.



However, it is still confidential who participates in the causality screening process and what discussions and conclusions are made.



[Park Hyung-wook/Professor, Dankook University Medical School: The family can't convince you, the final decision.

You need to tell us in detail why you made such a decision.]



Even if you file a lawsuit against the government's judgment, it is difficult to win in reality because the victim's side has to prove causality.



[Park Ho-Gyun/Medical Attorney: There is a saying, 'The place with the burden of proof loses'.

The victim has to prove it, but it is difficult to prove.]



So, recently, amendments have been proposed in the National Assembly to make the government, not the victim, responsible for proving the causal relationship of vaccine side effects.



In order to prepare for another pandemic in the future and to induce voluntary vaccination, it seems necessary to revise the laws and systems related to causality deliberation.



(VJ: Yoon Taek)