{"id":1091628,"date":"2021-12-06T20:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T01:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1091628"},"modified":"2021-12-06T20:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T01:43:42","slug":"south-korea-prompts-nationwide-parent-outrage-with-child-vaccination-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-prompts-nationwide-parent-outrage-with-child-vaccination-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea Prompts Nationwide Parent Outrage with Child Vaccination Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-korea-prompts-nationwide-parent-outrage-with-child-vaccination-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1091628&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Parents in South Korea have expressed \u201canger\u201d&nbsp;in recent days against a looming federal mandate that will require children aged 12 to 17 years to provide proof of vaccination against the Chinese coronavirus to enter public spaces \u201cfrequented by students, including cram schools, internet cafes, and public study rooms\u201d starting in February, Yonhap <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20211206004000315?section=national\/national\">reported<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s federal government announced on December 3 it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/skorea-makes-vaccine-pass-mandatory-many-more-venues-omicron-fears-rise-2021-12-03\/\">expand<\/a> an existing coronavirus \u201cvaccine pass\u201d system to include anyone above the age of 12, beginning in February. The edict requires school-age children and teenagers \u201cto present a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus] or a negative test result to be allowed into restaurants, cafes and other multi-use facilities frequented by students,\u201d according to Yonhap.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The South Korean news agency noted on December 6 that many students and parents have \u201cvoiced fury\u201d at the impending vaccine requirement since it was revealed on December 3. Those opposed to the order have denounced it via multiple online petitions as \u201cdiscrimination against those not vaccinated\u201d and \u201ceffective coercion for adolescents to get vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One online petition against the vaccine mandate \u201cwas filed on the website of Cheong Wa Dae,\u201d or the office of the South Korean presidency, on Friday, according to Yonhap. The entreaty, led by a woman who identified herself as a mother of four children, garnered 74,000 endorsements within 72 hours of its posting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19003898\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/wi\/ap\/03\/virus-outbreak-south-korea-medical-worker-wearing-protective-gear-booth-takes-sample-at-temporary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19003898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/virus-outbreak-south-korea-medical-worker-wearing-protective-gear-booth-takes-sample-at-temporary-1024x653-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"672\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A medical worker wearing protective gear in a booth takes a sample from a man at a temporary screening clinic for the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.&nbsp;South Korea again broke its daily records for coronavirus infections and deaths and confirmed three more cases of the new omicron variant as officials scramble to tighten social distancing and border controls. (Park Mi-so\/Newsis via AP)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI believe cram schools are not a place where people remove a mask and eat \u2026 I am curious about why the vaccine pass needs to be extended to children when there is a considerable number of breakthrough infection cases,\u201d the petitioner wrote.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cbreakthrough\u201d infection refers to a case of coronavirus contracted by a person after he or she has received a full dosage of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine. \u201cCram schools,\u201d also known as \u201chagwon\u201d in Korean, are privately run schools in South Korea that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36412211\">provide<\/a> after-school tutoring, often to prepare students for upcoming exams.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s highly-lucrative cram school industry \u201chas also voiced complaints\u201d against the nation\u2019s new vaccine requirement for young pupils, the <em>Korean Herald<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/view.php?ud=20211206000713\">reported<\/a> on December 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis measure is different from the previous ones as it neglects the cram schools\u2019 efforts to control infectious disease and puts the blame of infection and the responsibility to encourage vaccination on cram schools,\u201d Lee Yu-won, the head of the Korea Association of Hagwon, said in a press release issued December 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible for students to go through PCR tests multiple times to go to cram schools or study rooms,\u201d Lee said. \u201cCram schools are different from other multiuse facilities as they can keep tight track of visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPCR,\u201d or \u201cpolymerase chain reaction,\u201d tests are used to determine if individuals carry \u201cCovid-19,\u201d also known as the Chinese coronavirus. \u201cCovid-19\u201d is the name of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a type of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean government officials said on December 6 they chose to expand the nation\u2019s federal \u201cvaccine pass\u201d system to children as young as 12 years old on December 3 after learning of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/01\/japan-expands-travel-ban-foreigners-resident-status\/\">emerging<\/a> new variant of COVID-19 called Omicron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government initially allowed teenagers to get vaccinated as they chose. But the fifth wave of COVID-19 and the omicron variant have changed the situation,\u201d South Korean Vice Minister of Education Jung Jong-chul told reporters at a press briefing in Sejong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have to persuade students and their parents on being vaccinated,\u201d Jung added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents in South Korea have expressed \u201canger\u201d\u00a0in recent days against a looming federal mandate that will require children aged 12 to 17 years to provide proof of vaccination against the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1091628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1091628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}