Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Covid-19 vaccines did not cause an increased health risk of adverse events such as myocarditis, heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, pericarditis, and deep vein thrombosis, according to a research study.
The research study, published in the journal Vaccines, monitored the whole population of the Italian Pescara province for 18 months, from January 2021 to July 2022.
The research team led by researchers from the University of Bologna in Italy collected inhabitants’ health data. It analyzed the frequency of several serious diseases, such as thrombosis, cardiovascular disease, and pulmonary embolism.
Pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that stops and blocks blood flow to an artery in the lung, while thrombosis occurs when blood clots block arteries or veins. The study found that none of the diseases examined were found to be more frequent among vaccinated than non-vaccinated.
“The results clearly show that there was no increased risk of serious diseases among the vaccinated people,” said Lamberto Manzoli, a professor at the University of Bologna.
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There were exceptional adverse cases, but the safety profile of the vaccines used during the pandemic was confirmed: it is now essential to continue the follow-up practice over a longer period,” Manzoli said.
The study is currently the only one across the world that monitored the population for over a year, taking into account numerous factors, including the clinical risk of the participants, age, and gender, Medical Daily reported.
More specifically, the results show that both deaths registered and the occurrence of the diseases studies were less frequent among vaccinated people, regardless of clinical risk profile, gender, and age.
The analysis also confirmed that vaccinated people who contracted COVID-19 were more protected against the coronavirus than those who recovered after contracting the disease but were not vaccinated.
The researchers said that a higher incidence of the disease was found among those people who had not contracted Covid-19 infection and had only one or two doses of the Covid vaccine compared to those with three or more doses.
“Those who received only one or two doses did not complete the vaccination cycle either because they died or because the onset of a disease deterred them,” the scientist added.
