And kind of related - does anyone have recent scientific info regarding the vaccine and things like fertility and miscarriages? Irl I hear this from younger adults as their reason for declining.
Also locally Massachusetts is starting to hit the vax wall and can’t give them away in places when just a few weeks ago it took me 3 days -twice-of constant Twitter alerts
to score appointments
eta Massachusetts rate of second shots is 98% -no link atm so imo
. I know this was newsworthy this week. Was somewhat disappointed that my family members 2nd appointments were given for 28 vs 21 days. Phizer. But I do realize we just fortunate to be getting them...so.
There is no relationship between the vaccines and any kind of reproductive harm, at this time. And it has been studied.
However, just today, another pre-natal death was recorded due to the mother getting COVID. The placenta is filled with epithelial cells and the embryo got COVID (and obviously, its own epithelial cells were attacked, so the embryo died).
Anti-vaxxers are spreading rumors on their Qult sites that say merely being near someone who has been vaccinated can affect their reproductive system (impotence for men, irregular bleeding and missed periods for women).
This is false as well as being ridiculous <modsnip>
I wish more people understood what RNA and DNA actually are. They are not a form of radiation. They do not emanate from someone's body. They do not reproduce rapidly throughout your body like a virus does. In fact, a woman's sex cells already have all the nuclear DNA in place when she is born. Men do make sperm all day and all night, but, well, we all know exactly how that gets out of the human body - it's not radiated or spewed into the general environment.
Sadly, those avoiding the vaccines due to fear of blood clots (which is a reasonable anxiety, really) need to face the fact that COVID causes venous damage (in 100% of all children studied, even the asymptomatic) and causes tiny blood clots in a significant number of children. It also causes blood clots in adults - for up to months after the initial symptoms/fever subside.
This is a beast of a virus. It does not seem to damage nuclear DNA (or get inside the nucleus of the cells) but it does seem to systematically change certain proteins produced in the body (epithelial cells - and also, ACE-2 receptor capacity). I'm reading that the ACE-2 receptors (so important in regularly blood pressure) may be permanently less sensitive after COVID. It is predicted that on average, people who have had COVID are facing a shorter life expectancy due to this (although statins and other treatments may help - and new treatments are on the horizon). People who have had COVID should certainly monitor and discuss blood pressure issues with their PCP's.
