Doctors are speaking out to dispel the “unfounded” myth that the COVID-19 vaccine affects fertility in women or men

• Doctors are talking to quell rumors that the COVID-19 vaccine affects fertility.

• The myth is “wholesale nonsense,” according to Professor Van-Tam, England’s deputy medical director.

• Doctors gathered on social media to reinforce the message.

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

After dangerous rumors started circulating on social media that vaccination against coronavirus could harm male and female fertility, doctors and health experts 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 the COVID-19 vaccines will affect fertility. Allegations of any effect of the COVID-vaccination 19 on fertility are speculative and are not supported by any data. “

He continued: “There is no biologically plausible mechanism by which current vaccines would have any impact on women’s fertility.”

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

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy medical director, told ITV News that the rumor is “total nonsense”.

“It is such an exciting subject and it scares a lot of people, but it is totally and totally baseless,” 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,” said British general physician Dr. Amir Khan.

Health professionals are so interested in quashing rumors that spread about the COVID-19 vaccine and fertility that the British Fertility Society and the Association of Clinical and Reproductive Scientists published a paper addressing the concerns of many people.

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The document states that people of reproductive age, including those trying to conceive or hoping to become pregnant in the future, should receive the vaccine when invited.

“There is absolutely no evidence, and no theoretical reason, that any of the vaccines could affect the fertility of women or men,” the document said.

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

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

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