"Vaccination cannot be interconnected with bathing," Gintsburg said in a statement to TASS.
He stressed that in the case of cardiovascular diseases, it is strongly discouraged to plunge into the ice-hole.
“If a person is not trained and is prone to hypertension, then it is better for him not to do this, so that he does not have a stroke and heart attack,” concluded Gunzburg.
The scientist explained that if a person regularly hardens and plunges not for the first time, then he can be confident in his body.
Earlier, therapist, family doctor, chief physician of the clinic "Your Doctor" Tatiana Romanenko told how to get used to the cold weather.