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Covid: Claims vaccinations harm fertility unfounded – BBC News
Social-media posts – some described as “scare stories” – are based on misunderstandings, experts say.
By Rachel SchraerBBC Reality Check
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Claims on social media that the Covid vaccine could affect female fertility are unfounded, experts have said.
Posts have incorrectly suggested the Pfizer vaccine could cause infertility in women, or cause their bodies to attack the placenta.
But there is no “plausible biological mechanism” by which the vaccine could affect your fertility, says Prof Lucy Chappell, a professor in obstetrics at King’s College London and spokesperson for…
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