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>Claims that vaccines cause sterility This is the issue with misinformation, its usually based on a legitimate concern that was suppressed instead of answered;
by cortic 6y ago
>Claims that vaccines cause sterility
This is the issue with misinformation, its usually based on a legitimate concern that was suppressed instead of answered; There was an issue with a protein in placental? tissue being similar to the spike protein, this is why the vaccine isn't recommended for pregnant women unless they are at high risk.
Now the layman knows the spike teaches the immune system what to attack, and puts two and two together, and assumes the vaccine will make all women sterile. I would love to put this argument down when i see it, but no one has explained why this isn't the case.. so I'm left with "surly they wouldn't do that" which is not a compelling argument.
- jjeaff 6y agoI believe the WHO, CDC, and American College of Obstetricians are all recommending that pregnant women receive the vaccine. The ACO says that any claims of the vaccine causing infertility are scientifically unfounded. As far as I know, the previous recommendations for pregnant women not to be vaccinated were due to a lack of clinical trials involving pregnant women and lack of data - not based on any scientific evidence of infertility. https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2020/12/vaccinating-pregnant-and-lactating-patients-against-covid-19 https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-adv...
- cortic 6y agohttps://www.bbc.com/news/health-55045639 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55045639 In the UK the advice is still "Vaccination should only be considered for pregnant women when the potential benefits outweigh any potential risks." Whatever the hell that means, goes on to say "There are no specific safety concerns with the vaccines - but they were not tested on pregnant women." Neither the BBC nor yourself are explaining why the immune system would not attack the protein its being told to attack in the body, or pointing to any large studies including pregnant women taking the vaccine and the rates of miscarriage.. Either of these things would be valuable.