Girls and women fear the vaccine for fear of getting pregnant: Here's what experts say

Some girls and women, referring to recent studies, are reluctant to get the anti-Covid vaccine for fear that the vaccine will cause infertility. This approach has spread from unreliable social media sources. However, what do the experts say?

Dr. Jennifer Conti, obstetrician-gynecologist and medical consultant at Modern Fertility, told Healthline that there is zero evidence that Covid-19 vaccines interfere with fertility. "This misinformation is dangerous because the confusion on which it is based sounds credible, but in fact it is not," Conti said.

"Rumors are based on the fear that messenger RNA (mRNA) in the vaccine can cause infertility by accidentally attacking a protein in the placenta called syncytin-1, which has a structure similar to the 'spike' protein of the coronavirus. However, these are completely different structures and there is no reason to think that this will happen, ”she explained.

Recently a guide was also published by the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists and the British Fertility Society at BMJ, the acclaimed journal and one of the oldest journals in the world in the field of medicine. Both groups agree that there is no link between vaccines and infertility.

The article adds that sperm and egg donors should also be vaccinated. BMJ suggests that pregnant women at high risk for Covid-19 should be vaccinated, but those who are not in a high risk category should wait.

In early February, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and the Association of Fetal Medicine released a statement assuring patients that there was no evidence that approved Covid-19 vaccines could affect the ability to conceive. children.

Megjithëse ka hulumtime të kufizuara për këtë çështje pasi provat klinike nuk studiuan në mënyrë specifike pjellorinë, asnjë problem i tillë nuk është raportuar midis mijëra pjesëmarrësve në provë. Në fakt, disa prej tyre mbetën shtatzënë. Studimet fillestare mbi kafshët për vaksinën Moderna nuk treguan asnjë ndikim në riprodhimin femëror ose zhvillimin e fetusit. Megjithëse zbulimi i çështjeve të lindshmërisë mund të kërkojë kohë, që nga 20 janari, humbja e pjellorisë nuk është zbuluar të jetë një efekt anësor midis miliona njerëzve që kanë marrë tashmë vaksinat e autorizuara.

Sources: FactCheck.org, Healthline