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Iwaspromisedcookies t1_j5um5dy wrote

Reply to comment by RafeDangerous in North Korea locks down capital Pyongyang over respiratory illness | North Korea by AugustWolf22

Do they have their own vaccines? Or do they not vaccinate their population?

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RafeDangerous t1_j5umto8 wrote

> Do they have their own vaccines?

No

> Or do they not vaccinate their population?

It's unclear what they're actually doing, but they may be vaccinating at least part of their population with a Chinese made vaccine (the effectiveness of which is very questionable)

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oldgeek123 t1_j5urdfa wrote

They barely feed their population. What makes you think they'd vaccinate them? Especially with vaccines from the big, bad West.

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FaustTriumphant t1_j5uqit3 wrote

If they're vaccinating their own people, it's likely they're giving priority to the military (thanks to NK's "Military First Policy" and to their "Core Class."

NK divides their population into three strata; "Core" (regime loyalists), "Wavering" (average citizens) and "Hostile" (everyone the regime considers disloyal and undesirable).

During the 1990s North Korean Famine, NK prioritized aid delivery to its Core Class (and even allowed them to skim/steal some of it to sell on the black market for profit). The rest of the population got nothing and is where most of the casualties came from.

It would not surprise me if they would/did do the same in regard to Covid vaccines as well.

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