Does COVID-19 Vaccination Warrant the Classical Principle “ofelein i mi vlaptin”?

Department of Environmental Health, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology (EOME), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA

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Nasco AD Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Research and Development, 18536 Piraeus, Greece

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Center for Integrative Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland

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Department of Pediatrics, University Children’s Hospital of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland

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Department of Gastroenterology, 401 Army General Hospital of Athens, 11525 Athens, Greece

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Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, 424 General Military Hospital, Ring Road Efkarpia, 56429 Thessaloniki, Greece

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ORL and Psychiatry Private Practice, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland

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Neurology and Psychiatry Private Practice, 2502 Biel, Switzerland

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Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University Sofia, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria

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Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki, Stavroupolis, 56429 Thessaloniki, Greece

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Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Bürgerspital Solothurn, 4500 Solothurn, Switzerland

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General Practitioner, Private Practice, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland

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Department of Nuclear Medicine, “Thegeneio” Cancer Hospital, 54007 Thessaloniki, Greece

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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece

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FOB AKTION, 30002 Aktio, Greece

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Medicina 2021, 57(3), 253; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57030253

Received: 26 January 2021 / Revised: 26 February 2021 / Accepted: 4 March 2021 / Published: 9 March 2021

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The current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic warrants an imperative necessity for effective and safe vaccination, to restrain Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) including transmissibility, morbidity, and mortality. In this regard, intensive medical and biological research leading to the development of an arsenal of vaccines, albeit incomplete preconditioned evaluation, due to emergency. The subsequent scientific gap raises some concerns in the medical community and the general public. More specifically, the accelerated vaccine development downgraded the value of necessary pre-clinical studies to elicit medium- and long-term beneficial or harmful consequences. Previous experience and pathophysiological background of coronaviruses’ infections and vaccine technologies, combined with the global vaccines’ application, underlined the obligation of a cautious and qualitative approach, to illuminate potential vaccination-related adverse events. Moreover, the high SARS-CoV-2 mutation potential and the already aggregated genetical alterations provoke a rational vagueness and uncertainty concerning vaccines’ efficacy against dominant strains and the respective clinical immunity. This review critically summarizes existing evidence and queries regarding SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, to motivate scientists’ and clinicians’ interest for an optimal, individualized, and holistic management of this unprecedented pandemic. View Full-Text

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-COV-2; Hippocrates; ofelein i mi vlaptin; Primum non nocere; vaccine; vaccination

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Doulberis, M.; Papaefthymiou, A.; Kotronis, G.; Gialamprinou, D.; Soteriades, E.S.; Kyriakopoulos, A.; Chatzimichael, E.; Kafafyllidou, K.; Liatsos, C.; Chatzistefanou, I.; Anagnostis, P.; Semenin, V.; Ntona, S.; Gkolia, I.; Papazoglou, D.D.; Tsinonis, N.; Papamichos, S.; Kirbas, H.; Zikos, P.; Niafas, D.; Kountouras, J. Does COVID-19 Vaccination Warrant the Classical Principle “ofelein i mi vlaptin”? Medicina 2021, 57, 253. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57030253

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Doulberis M, Papaefthymiou A, Kotronis G, Gialamprinou D, Soteriades ES, Kyriakopoulos A, Chatzimichael E, Kafafyllidou K, Liatsos C, Chatzistefanou I, Anagnostis P, Semenin V, Ntona S, Gkolia I, Papazoglou DD, Tsinonis N, Papamichos S, Kirbas H, Zikos P, Niafas D, Kountouras J. Does COVID-19 Vaccination Warrant the Classical Principle “ofelein i mi vlaptin”? Medicina. 2021; 57(3):253. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57030253

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Doulberis, Michael, Apostolis Papaefthymiou, Georgios Kotronis, Dimitra Gialamprinou, Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Anthony Kyriakopoulos, Eleftherios Chatzimichael, Kyriaki Kafafyllidou, Christos Liatsos, Ioannis Chatzistefanou, Paul Anagnostis, Vitalii Semenin, Smaragda Ntona, Ioanna Gkolia, Dimitrios David Papazoglou, Nikolaos Tsinonis, Spyros Papamichos, Hristos Kirbas, Petros Zikos, Dionisios Niafas, and Jannis Kountouras. 2021. "Does COVID-19 Vaccination Warrant the Classical Principle “ofelein i mi vlaptin”?" Medicina 57, no. 3: 253. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57030253

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