Cardiovascular mortality in Russia: a comment

Jargin, Sergei V.

doi:10.21037/cdt.2017.08.03

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“…The number of unreported/undetected cases is unknown. The documentation reliability of side effects remains questionable, as it has been the case with some other medical statistics in Russia [16][17][18][19]. On the other hand, reports on side effects of renowned vaccines do not necessarily imply higher risks but indicate that they are better studied.…”

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Overreaction to COVID-19: medical and political aspects

Jargin¹

2022

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<p> </p> <p>COVID-19 as a cause of death has been overestimated by some writers. Excessive anti-epidemic measures and lockdowns are harmful for the economy as well as for the public health. The irrational use of health resources interferes with the regular patient care. The socioeconomic damage in Western Europe and other welfare states is considerable. The question ‘cui bono?’ must be posed to clarify motives behind some COVID-related restrictive policies. In Russia, restrictions and suppression of individual tourism help to conceal voluntarism and corruption. Apparently, supervision and control measures are used to encroach upon civil liberties and to distract people from internal problems such as shortcomings of the healthcare. Apropos the military activities are even more efficient distractors from internal problems. Presumably, the increase in mortality from different causes will be ascribed to COVID-19, and subsequent mortality decrease - to “successful” anti-epidemic measures including vaccinations. The harm-benefit ratio of mass vaccinations is unclear. Both children and adults can mount immune response to SARS-CoV2 undergoing acceptably low risk. In future, the countries implementing strictest measures may find themselves with a weaker protection by natural immunity. Officially tested preparations are not necessarily always the same quality as those administered to the broad public. A winner of the “vaccine race” may end up in a mass vaccination of citizens with suboptimal vaccines. </p>

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“…Cases of facial palsy and transverse myelitis have been documented [13][14][15]. Statistics are of questionable reliability; adverse effects may be overlooked, ascribed to other causes or obfuscated to comply with policies [16][17][18][19]. Results of surveys may be biased.…”

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Overreaction to COVID-19: medical and political aspects

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2022

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“…There have been singular reports from Russia about coagulation-related, cardiovascular and other adverse events after injections of the Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) and other vaccines [13,21,22]. It should be noted that reliability of the documentation of side effects remains questionable, as it has been the case with some other medical statistics in Russia [21][22][23][24]. Apparently, the problem is understudied and underestimated globally.…”

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COVID-19 Vaccination with Special Reference to Adenoviral Vectors, Clotting Disorders and Old Age

Jargin¹

2021

J Geriatr Palliat Care

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“…The monitoring of populations exposed to low-dose radiation is important but conclusions should be made with caution considering known and unknown bias. For example, "the very high rates of circulatory disease" [66] in some nuclear worker cohorts from the former Soviet Union are probably caused by habitual overdiagnosis of cardiovascular diseases in unclear cases, which is a known confounder [67]. Reliable evidence in regard to biological effects of low radiation doses can be obtained in extensive animal experiments rather than in epidemiological studies.…”

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Epidemiological Research with Special Reference to Nuclear Worker Studies: Commentary

Jargin¹

2021

J Clin Med Case Reports

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Limitations of some epidemiological studies on low-dose lowrate exposures to ionizing radiation include dose comparisons disregarding natural radiation background, unfounded classification of sporadic diseases as radiogenic and conclusions about causality of dose-effect relationships. Other bias, confounders and inter-study heterogeneity have been pointed out. Some dose-effect correlations can be explained by a dose-dependent selection, self-selection and recall bias. It can be reasonably assumed that individuals knowing their higher doses would be more motivated to undergo medical examinations being at the same time given more attention. Reported dose-effect relationships between low-dose low-rate exposures and non-neoplastic diseases call in question the causality of such relationships for cancer detected by the same researchers. Reliable evidence in regard to biological effects of low radiation doses can be obtained in large-scale animal experiments with registration of life duration. The monitoring of human populations exposed to low-dose radiation is important but conclusions should be made with caution considering potential bias and economical motives to strangulate nuclear energy production in accordance with the interests of fossil fuel producers. Of note, health burdens are the greatest for power stations based on coal and oil; the burdens are smaller for natural gas and still lower for the nuclear power. The same ranking applies for the greenhouse gas emissions

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Cardiovascular mortality in Russia: a comment

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Overreaction to COVID-19: medical and political aspects

Overreaction to COVID-19: medical and political aspects

COVID-19 Vaccination with Special Reference to Adenoviral Vectors, Clotting Disorders and Old Age

Epidemiological Research with Special Reference to Nuclear Worker Studies: Commentary

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