- Doctors express their rumors that the COVID-19 vaccine affects fertility.
- The myth is ‘wholesale nonsense’, according to Prof Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief executive.
- Medici gathered on social media to reinforce the message.
Doctors are speaking out to reassure the public that receiving one of the COVID-19 vaccines will not affect fertility.
After dangerous rumors began circulating on social media that the vaccination against the coronavirus could impair the fertility of men and women, medics and health experts confirmed that it was a myth.
Dr Edward Morris, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said in a statement: “We want to assure women that there is no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 vaccines will affect fertility. Allegations of any effect of COVID-19 fertility vaccination is speculative and is not supported by any data. ‘He continues:’ There is no biologically acceptable mechanism by which current vaccines can cause an impact on women’s fertility. ‘
As Anna Medaris Miller of Business Insider reported earlier, the rumors are that the rumors started after a Facebook post that was now blocked, which incorrectly suggested that the vaccine teaches the body to attack a protein that involved in the development of placenta.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief executive of England, told ITV News that the rumor was ‘big nonsense’.
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“It’s such an emotional subject and it scares so many people, but it’s completely and utterly groundless,” he said.
Other medical professionals have posted on social media to reinforce the message: “No coronavirus vaccines affect your fertility. None of them,” said British General Practitioner Dr Amir Khan.
—Dr Amir Khan GP (@DrAmirKhanGP) 12 February 2021
“I get my Covid vaccine today. I’m excited. And humble. And no, I’m not worried about my fertility,” wrote television doctor Dr. Christian Jessen.
—Dr Christian Jessen (@DoctorChristian) 13 February 2021
Health professionals want to suppress the rumors about the COVID-19 vaccine and fertility so strongly that the British Fertility Society and Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists has published a document that is attracting the attention of many people.
The document states that people of reproductive age, including those who are trying to conceive or with future hopes of doing so, should receive the vaccine when invited.
“There is absolutely no evidence and no theoretical reason that any vaccines can affect the fertility of women or men,” he said.
Prof Nicola Stonehouse, a virologist at the University of Leeds, told the BBC that although the vaccines did not affect fertility, the same could not be said for catching the coronavirus.
“You are much more likely to have fertility problems after COVID than after the vaccination,” she said.