This post is trending because it highlights a global concern about anti-vaccine sentiment reaching high levels of government, which resonates with similar issues and frustrations experienced in Korea.
The term 'An-a-ki' (안아키) is a Korean abbreviation for a controversial anti-medicine and anti-vaccine movement, often associated with mothers who advocate for raising children without conventional medical intervention.
A recent post has Korean netizens buzzing with disbelief and frustration over news from the United States. It's being reported that a study showing a 50% decrease in hospital admissions for healthy adults after receiving the COVID vaccine last winter was allegedly blocked by the current acting director of the US CDC, who is described as an anti-vaxxer. This has sparked outrage, with many Koreans comparing the situation to the controversial 'An-a-ki' movement, a Korean anti-medicine and anti-vaccine group. The idea that such high-level officials could suppress vital public health information is deeply concerning to many.
Korean Netizen Reactions
7Anti-vax higher-ups' special trait: they and their families are all vaccinated. What a bunch of scammers, lollll.
The problem with anti-vaxxers: they don't just kill themselves, they make others die too.
You can still get COVID even if you're vaccinated. The real purpose of the vaccine is to prevent severe illness and keep symptoms mild. That's professor of immunology verified info!
So many people in Korea also scream that the COVID vaccine killed more people than COVID itself. Just a sigh.
I thought this was just a YouTube comment phenomenon, but half the kitchen ladies I work with believe 'the vaccine will kill all the citizens,' so I'm speechless...
Korea also has a lot of crazy people who seriously believe vaccines kill people, but the problem in the US is that *that guy* is in charge of public health!
That's why my mom didn't get vaccinated...