The Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccine and Women’s Fertility with Dr. Blake Evans

Recently, Dr. Blake Evans and his colleagues released a paper entitled "COVID-19 vaccine and infertility: baseless claims and unfounded social media panic." The paper discusses some of the rumors that have been hitting social media about false claims that the COVID vaccine is unsafe for women.  The vaccine is safe in pregnancy. It does not cause infertility, and it does not cause miscarriages - both things are rumors that have been circulating.   I'm excited that I got to speak with Dr. Blake Evans last week, and I'm airing our conversation today on the podcast (it's also up on YouTube and on IGTV). In it, Dr. Evans shares the most accurate information about the COVID 19 vaccine and fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding. The paper was published in "Sterility and Fertility" and is backed by ASRM (American Society for Reproductive Medicine). Here is a direct quote from the paper: COVID-19 vaccine truths for patients desiring conception or who are pregnant include: • Available data indicate that COVID-19 vaccines do not cause infertility in women or men. • In the randomized blinded Pfizer-BioNTech trial, a similar number of women conceived after receiving the vaccine as those who received the placebo. • The coronavirus’s spike protein and syncytin-1 (protein that mediates placental cell fusion) share small stretches of the same genetic code but are otherwise completely different in structure. The vaccine does not induce an immune reaction against the syncytin-1 placental protein. • mRNA vaccines are taken up rapidly by muscle cells at the injection site and the mRNA is degraded in the cell once the protein is made so it does not cross the placenta. • COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for women who are contemplating pregnancy or who are pregnant in order to minimize risks to themselves and their pregnancy. These findings offer reassuring information based on what they have found to be true about the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. Of course, You should always speak to your own doctor about getting the vaccine if you have any concerns or questions and make a decision based on what is right for you.  

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