No Alcohol for 2 Months, Russia Tells Coronavirus Vaccine Recipients
Recipients of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine should abstain from alcohol for nearly two months before and after immunization, the head of Russia’s consumer safety watchdog said Tuesday.
Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova’s instructions follow Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova’s recommendations to avoid alcohol and immunosuppressants for 42 days because the two-shot vaccine is administered with a 21-day gap between doses.
“The intake of alcohol needs to stop at least two weeks prior to immunization,” Popova said in an interview with Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Recipients should then abstain from alcohol for “42 days after the first injection,” Popova added. “Immunity is being formed and one needs to take care.”
“It’s a strain on the body. If we want to stay healthy and have a strong immune response, don’t drink alcohol,” she pleaded with Russians, who are among the world’s highest alcohol consumers despite seeing a significant decline in consumption since 2003.
Popova also advised against smoking before and after vaccination because tobacco smoke irritates the lung and skews immune responses.
Following Popova’s comments, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the state-run Gamaleya research center that developed Sputnik V, said that while one shouldn’t abuse alcohol before or after vaccination, “a single glass of champagne never hurt anyone.”
Russia’s Covid-19 vaccination drive for high-risk volunteers began in Moscow this weekend despite Sputnik V still undergoing post-registration clinical trials for safety. Its developers say the adenovirus-based vaccine is 95% effective against the virus.
Health officials estimate that 100,000 Russians have received Sputnik V, including trial participants and members of the military.
Russia has the world’s fourth-highest Covid-19 caseload of over 2.5 million and the 10th-highest fatality count with 44,000 deaths.
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Tell an alcoholic to abstain from his drug… pathetic…
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You know what may be Putin’s undoing is this fake vaccine Sputnik V. It’s not for those over 60, it’s untested and unsafe, it’s from the Russia and now you can’t drink for 6 weeks? Can you imagine in say, April when it’s getting nice out and all the Russians see those of us in the West getting vaccinated? They will be begging for the Western vaccines.
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Just got an update. The experts changed their mind. 😂
“Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine only requires patients to avoid drinking alcohol for six days, not 42 as previously recommended, its developer said Wednesday.”
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Baaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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Yeah, they will say anything to make people take it instead of the Western vaccine. Next Putler will say it will add a couple cm to your thingy and it will instantly become very popular ;))
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“The intake of alcohol needs to stop at least two weeks prior to immunization,”
This means that no one in mafia land will get vaccinated. No alcohol is in itself a death sentence,
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No way in Hell will they manage that. Even if their Vaccine does work they’re still fucked!
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Holy crap , I hope western vaccines don’t have that requirement.
If so….. I am screwed !!!!
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Bhaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Me too!
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I don’t have that problem. Bought a six pack almost a year ago, still have 5 left that will end up in the sink 🙂
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Although an alcoholic i was invited by leading german academics to join them in January. Nobody is perfect, except for liars. 😎
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We don’t drink much. We bought a box with white wine 2 or 3 months ago and it’s still some glasses left 😉 I experienced a lot of problems with alcohol in my fathers family when I was young and that scared me. My father didn’t drink at all to make an example for us children.
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That is great. My life wasn’t always enjoyable. Alcohol helped to smoothen the edges. But i mainly drink Rosé (9%vol). And i eat alot. 😉 So, no trouble for me. And i always have self-control, drunk or sober. I’m a good boy. 😇 So, my addiction does not disturb or bother anybody, except myself when i fall straight onto my ass. 😂
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