Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

RafeDangerous t1_j5tjepl wrote

Reply to comment by El1Zilla in North Korea locks down capital Pyongyang over respiratory illness | North Korea by AugustWolf22

I'd be stunned to find out he isn't fully vaccinated, probably with either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. They're not available in NK, but it would be trivially easy for him to get his hands on whichever ones he wanted for himself and select friends/family.

156

El1Zilla t1_j5tjle6 wrote

I mean you maybe right. But it wouldn’t surprise me if he did catch Covid and his health ain’t all that great so hopefully he croaks.

32

Bunniemonkey t1_j5tp341 wrote

There would just be a power vacuum and not much would change for the people of North Korea unfortunately.

45

Modern_Bear t1_j5tt94r wrote

His sister would take over. She has been in the spotlight a lot lately. He already killed his aunt and uncle, and who knows how many other family members, so she is one of the few left.

34

RoyalCities t1_j5u2rsy wrote

Wow. Had to look this up. A defector said the uncle was executed by firing squad of anti aircraft guns - another says he was ripped apart by 120 hungry dogs.

I guess we really dont know what goes on behind the scenes but that is some next level super-villain stuff.

26

Friedumb t1_j5v6x4m wrote

It was pretty wild from what I recollect. They shot one shell, then had the uncle stand in the depression and scattered him to the wind. Still better then being subjected to slave labor for life I guess...

5

cutestslothevr t1_j5ujs4f wrote

His sister is very scary. She's very involved with propaganda and often speaks out against South Korea. The only thing keeping her from being successor is how patriarchal North Korea is.

17

PuellaBona t1_j5uu34w wrote

That bitch is just biding her time. She's devious.

1

asdaaaaaaaa t1_j5tpz8k wrote

If anything, standards would drop until whatever new power settles in, especially if there's in-fighting. Sure, there's not much right now, but it can always get worse.

16

EvidentlyEmpirical t1_j5u25d2 wrote

Even if he dies it won't change anything. The power structure there would fight it out until someone came out on top, and the idiocy would continue. It'll continue until the people revolt (unlikely, as they're so heavily brainwashed) or China rolls in to replace it.

12

El1Zilla t1_j5vuhf3 wrote

Of course man, his sister will fill in the power vacuum and DPRK is running the place not only Kim

1

Iwaspromisedcookies t1_j5uk61w wrote

Vaccines don’t stop you from getting covid

−12

RafeDangerous t1_j5uknea wrote

No, but odds are if you've been vaccinated you're much less likely to get seriously ill or die from it.

16

Iwaspromisedcookies t1_j5um5dy wrote

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

1

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)

8

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.

5

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.

3