Since a third coronavirus vaccine could get FDA approval today, scientists and doctors are still pushing back against rumors that the vaccines are causing Pfizer and Modern mRNA infertility.
The World Health Organization has said that is simply not true.
“The vaccines we give can not cause infertility. It is a rumor that has been going on about many different vaccines, and there is no truth to the rumor,” said Dr. Katherine O’Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at the WHO. “There is no vaccine that causes infertility.”
According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the latest rumor started in January by two European doctors claiming that the vaccine contains a protein called Syncytin-1, which is essential for the formation of human placenta in women. ‘
Dr. Emily Defranco, director of maternal fetal medicine at the University of Cincinnati, said scientists find that the proteins do not biologically match.
“And thus developing an antibody against the COVID virus would not even theoretically develop an antibody that could be harmful to this placenta protein,” Defranco said.
ASRM said in its January editorial that since our bodies naturally create the antibodies, they would have expected to see an increased risk of miscarriages in pregnant women with the coronavirus, and this is not played out by the data.
For Defranco, the message is simple.
‘Try to dispel any of these vaccine-related myths. So we know we are not continuing to hesitate the vaccine, ”said Defranco.
Defranco said those considering starting or expanding your family should talk to a healthcare provider to make an informed decision. Do not base it on what you have read on social media.
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