Doctors speak out to dispel the “baseless” myth that the COVID-19 vaccine affects fertility in women and men

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  • Doctors are speaking out to dispel rumors that the COVID-19 vaccine affects fertility.
  • According to Professor Van-Tam, the English deputy medical director, the myth is “wholesale nonsense”.
  • Doctors have gathered on social media to reinforce the message.

Doctors are speaking out to assure the public that receiving one of the COVID-19 vaccines will not affect fertility.

After social media began to stir up dangerous rumors that getting vaccinated against coronavirus could hinder male and female fertility, doctors and health experts have confirmed that this is a myth.

Dr Edward Morris, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said in a statement: “We want to reassure women that there is no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility. COVID-19 vaccinations on fertility are speculative and not supported by any data. ” He continued: “There is no biologically plausible mechanism by which current vaccines cause any impact on women’s fertility.”

As previously reported by Business Insider’s Anna Medaris Miller, rumors are believed to have started after a now-blocked Facebook post incorrectly suggested that the vaccine teaches the body to attack a protein involved in placental development.

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy director general, told ITV News that the rumor was “wholesale nonsense”.

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“It’s such an emotional issue and it scares so many people, but it’s totally and utterly unfounded,” he said.

Other medical professionals have posted on social media to reinforce the message: “None of the coronavirus vaccines affect your fertility. None of them.” dit British general practitioner Dr. Amir Khan.

“I have the Covid vaccine today. I’m excited. Humiliated. And no, I’m not worried about my fertility.” he wrote television doctor Dr. Christian Jessen.

Health professionals so eager to dispel rumors spreading about the COVID-19 vaccine and fertility that the British Fertility Society and the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists published a paper that addressed the concerns of many people.

The document states that people of reproductive age, including people trying to conceive or with future hopes, should receive the vaccine when invited.

“There is absolutely no evidence, or any theoretical reason, that any of the vaccines could affect female or male fertility,” she said.

Professor Nicola Stonehouse, a virologist at the University of Leeds, told the BBC that while vaccines do not affect fertility, the same cannot be said for coronavirus catch.

“You are much more likely to have fertility problems after COVID than after the vaccine,” he said.

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