[국정농담] Even in the 105th vaccination country,’can’t be number 1′

■Kyung-Hwan Yoon’s Joke on State Affairs (國政濃談)

Seung-min Yoo “Won first” in the latest OECD vaccination

Chung Cheong-rae, “You or the initiative”, Go Min-jeong, etc.

The first vaccination of overseas leaders encouraged public participation,

AZ applies only to under 65 years old…丁 “I think I’ll be right”

‘Historical first vaccination’ 文 “When is the President right?”

Leaders are interested in vaccination timing and vaccine types in AZ trust’lowest’

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Vaccination for the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), which was talkative and desperate, began in earnest. Even before the first vaccine, AstraZeneca, controversy over the efficacy and reliability raised their heads, the politics of’No. 1 vaccination’ was intense. In the opposition, national leaders such as President Moon Jae-in insisted that the public should be reassured by vaccination first, but the passport confronted not to politicize the vaccine, which is the domain of science. Some of the ruling and opposition politicians even indicated that they would be vaccinated first. As a result, the No. 1 vaccination was conducted for those under the age of 65 hospitalized, inhabitants, and workers in nursing hospitals, nursing facilities, mental care and rehabilitation facilities nationwide, not for politically influential personnel. It is the 105th inoculation in the world and the last inoculation among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. As the initiation of vaccinations was delayed, increasing the speed more than in other countries became the core of the charter reversal. The results of vaccination and formation of collective immunity are also an issue that can have a big impact on the re-election of Seoul and Busan mayors in April and the subsequent presidential election. Accordingly, the timing of vaccination of the national leadership and the type of vaccine they choose will be difficult to avoid public interest for a while.

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Seung-min Yoo “Won first meet”… ‘I walked my arms’

It was former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min of the people’s power, who was counted as the’large power sleep dragon’ who opened the door to the politician’s’No. 1 vaccination’ workshop. He commented on concerns over the AstraZeneca vaccine through Facebook on the 19th and urged, “President Moon should become the first vaccine vaccinator.”

At the emergency response committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 22nd, Ho-young Joo of the same party said, “AstraZeneca has a problem with the immunity rate, but the safety is also questioned.” “The president and other responsible officials first relieved anxiety by vaccination. Lee Jong-bae, chairman of the Policy Committee, also said, “National leaders in the United States and around the world are taking the lead in relieving public anxiety by vaccinating live.” I need this,” he insisted.

Then the passport immediately struck back. In addition, Democratic Party representative Kim Tae-nyeon said at the in-hospital countermeasures meeting on the 23rd, “The amount of vaccines is considered a problem, but when the vaccination stage comes, the president even insists that the president should become the No. 1 vaccination.” Pointed out. On the 23rd, Congressman Chung Cheong-rae of the same party appeared on TBS Traffic Broadcasting’Kim Eo-joon’s News Factory’ and said, “If the President is beaten first, he will attack the people for receiving preferential treatment.” On the 20th, he wrote a post on Facebook aimed at former lawmaker Seung-min Yoo and said, “Then you take the lead and get hit first.” “Is the head of state the subject of the experiment? He criticized him as being ridiculed and insulted toward the head of state.”

Democratic Party members Goh Kom-jeong, Kim Nam-guk, Kim Yong-min, Park Ju-min, Lee So-young, and Lee Jae-jung expressed their intention to get the vaccine first by posting hashtags such as’#arm_walked’ and’#distrust_instead of_vaccine’ on Facebook. In the opposition, the Nationalist Party’s CEO Ahn Chul-soo and Won Hee-ryong, the Jeju governor, expressed their intention to get the vaccine first.

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靑 “I do not review, but if there is distrust of the people, I do not do it”

The conflict between the ruling and opposition parties has also led to a debate between the people, both online and offline. Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Turkish President Rezef Taif Erdogan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, South African President Cyril Lamaposa, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and many other national leaders had precedents as the first vaccinations to speed up vaccination. to be. US President Joe Biden was vaccinated in December when he was elected, and the elderly Queen Elizabeth II of England were also vaccinated preemptively from the beginning. Moreover, the controversy has spread further because Korea has a situation where the vaccination start point is later than in other countries, so it has to speed up the formation of collective immunity.

However, in the case of the AstraZeneca vaccine, vaccination has been withheld for the population over 65 years of age in Korea. President Moon, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, and Democratic Party representative Lee Nak-yeon, who have already turned 65 years old, cannot be vaccinated in the first place. The lack of clinical data for the AstraZeneca vaccine on the elderly over the age of 65 has been pointed out as a problem internationally. AstraZeneca’s efficacy, including the fact that it has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has been discussed.

As the battle continued over President Moon’s AstraZeneca vaccination, the Blue House said on the 22nd that “there is no reason to refuse if there is public distrust,” saying, “We are not reviewing it now.” In an interview with Channel A on the 23rd, Prime Minister Jung, who is emphasizing the new slogan of’K-Vaccination’, was asked, “If the people hesitate to be “There may be a need for responsible people to do it, but so far it is not necessary.” He said, “I think I will have to wait for the turn,” and said that it is highly likely that the elderly will get the Pfizer vaccine first.

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Sye-gyun Jeong “Sometimes I think that the country will be vaccinated as well… End the political struggle”

After the controversy did not stop, Prime Minister Chung threw a strong warning message at the opposition. On the 24th, Prime Minister Chung lamented at a visit to the Andong plant of SK Bioscience in Gyeongbuk, saying, “Vaccines are science, but we are sorry that there is a recent move to politicize vaccines.” “As the KFDA and various experts have already completed the verification, I urge the people to believe in the government and actively participate in vaccination without shaking.” “There should not be any dissemination of false or inaccurate facts.” He emphasized.

Prime Minister Chung immediately posted a post on Facebook and emphasized again that “vaccination should not be a tool for political conflict.” He pointed out that “Corona 19 vaccine is an important national project with national luck to protect the health and life of the people and recover the daily lives that the people have lost,” he pointed out, “a regrettable thing is happening that politics is intervening in the vaccine and instigating vaccine anxiety.” .

Prime Minister Jung continued, “I thought that the country should also be vaccinated.” However, 93% of the vaccinated people willingly agreed to vaccination, and some politicians who fueled a futile debate, saying,’President must be met first.’ I made it embarrassing.” “Now, let’s end the unnecessary controversy over vaccination.” “In this strange reality where vaccination 1 is controversial, where is the health and safety of the people? Should politicians who need to spread trust spread distrust of vaccines? Criticized.

On the 26th, when vaccination began, at the meeting to check the situation of vaccines and treatments, they once again pledged to achieve collective immunity by November by consolidating national capabilities. On the same day, Facebook said, “There will be no’bacteria’ that have been waiting for a vaccine like me.” The success of vaccination is an issue that can have a decisive influence on whether Prime Minister Chung’s official challenge to power is predicted before and after the re-election in April.

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World’s 102nd’historical vaccination’ visit…文 “When is the President right?”

Eventually, AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccination began in earnest on the 26th. It was only one year and 37 days after January 20 last year when the first corona 19 confirmed in Korea. Korea became the 102nd country to start vaccination worldwide.

The first inoculation was Lee Kyung-soon (61), a nursing care worker at Sanggye Nursing Home in Seoul, who received the vaccination at 8:45 am. Among the targets for vaccination, 289,000 people, or 93.7% of the total, agreed to the actual vaccination. On the first day, 18,489 people were vaccinated.

No politician was directly targeted for vaccination. Instead, President Moon visited a public health center in Mapo-gu, Seoul, and watched Kim Yoon-tae, director of Purme Nexon Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital, and others inoculate. President Moon said hello to nurse Kim Seo-jin, who was in charge of the vaccination, saying, “You will finally get the 1st vaccination,” and asked Director Kim, “It’s a historical 1st vaccination, so can I watch it?” When Director Kim said to Superintendent Kim, “Let it go so that it doesn’t hurt,” President Moon said, “I’m a doctor (do you talk about that?).” Hahaha” laughed. I asked Chung Eun-gyeong, the head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who was present and asked, “When will the chief of us administer the vaccination?” and “When is the president right?” Commissioner Jeong laughed, replied, “I hope the order will come late.”

President Moon later shared instant answers with the inoculations. The intention was to inform the public about the status of the inoculated person in detail to eliminate anxiety about the vaccine. President Moon asked the vaccinators his feelings and said, “For the time being, it will be a concern of the public whether those who are vaccinating first are not abnormal. I hope that the people will be informed that it is important to get right quickly without having to worry.” He asked.

On the 27th following AstraZeneca, the Pfizer vaccine was also started at the Central Vaccination Center in the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul. 300 medical staff were the first to get the Pfizer vaccine. On this day, Prime Minister Chung visited the vaccination site.

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AZ, Honam and others reliability’lowest’ homework… Leaders continue to be concerned about vaccination

Although vaccination has now begun, the issue of increasing national confidence in certain vaccines, such as AstraZeneca, seems to remain a task for the government.

In an opinion poll that asked 1,004 people 18 years of age or older across the country on the 23rd to 25th that they would be vaccinated (±3.1% points in the 95% confidence level of the error range, see Gallup Korea website), the reliability of each developer was 62 for Pfizer vaccine. %, followed by Modena (53%) and AstraZeneca (44%). In particular, AstraZeneca’s reliability did not exceed 50% in any region except Honam. Both Pfizer and Modena were less reliable. Only in Honam, the confidence in AstraZeneca (61%) exceeded Modena (51%) and reached a level similar to that of Pfizer (63%).

A total of 71% answered that they are willing to be vaccinated. 48% of respondents said’must get vaccination’ and 23% answered’maybe they will get vaccination’. Although there are intentions to inoculate, the belief in the vaccine is still below that. Gwangju and Jeolla were the highest at 76%, and Daegu and Gyeongbuk had the lowest at 67%.

19% of respondents said that they were not willing to be vaccinated. 14% of respondents answered’probably will not be vaccinated’ and 5% answered’never will receive vaccinations’.

Although the vaccination has been in full swing, it is expected that the vaccination of the quarantine authorities such as President Moon and Prime Minister Chung will continue to be of public concern. Whenever various variables appear, such as a disruption in the supply and demand of vaccines, the rate of vaccination is below expectations, or abnormal signs are found among the inoculated, this issue may continue to be discussed. At what point and what type of vaccine the country’s leadership gets is key. The passport emphasizes that “vaccine is a science, not politics,” but the type of vaccine and timing of vaccination chosen by the president and the like can have a sufficient effect on the political government of the presidential election after the immediate April election.

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/ Reporter Yoon Kyung-hwan [email protected]

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