New Delhi, February 6 (IANS). Is there any relation between Covid vaccination and fertility? Do any such vaccines cause infertility? Recently, various claims were made regarding this. Meanwhile, a study conducted on about 60,000 women has shown that the Covid vaccine does not have a negative effect on fertility.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, rumors have spread without any basis, especially on social media, that vaccination reduces the chances of conception.
Indeed, in the later stages of the pandemic, the number of children born declined in some countries, including Sweden. This raised the question whether this was due to the new vaccine?
“Our result is that it is very unlikely that the mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 was the cause of the decline in birth rates,” said Tomas Timpka, a professor of social medicine at Sweden’s Linköping University.
This study was published in Communications Medicine Journal. In which, no significant difference was found between vaccinated and unvaccinated women in cases of child birth and miscarriage.
“We didn’t see any difference in birth rates. We also looked at all the registered miscarriages that occurred among women who became pregnant, and we didn’t see any difference between those groups,” Timpka said.
Their analysis is based on a study of nearly 60,000 women aged 18 to 45 in Sweden.
Of these women, 75 percent were administered the Covid vaccine once or twice from 2021 to 2024. The researchers used data on births, vaccinations, abortions and deaths from health care records.
These results confirm previous studies in which no association was found between the Covid vaccine and fertility.
Importantly, this study examined conception and pregnancy, whereas most previous research “focused on couples undergoing infertility treatment.”
Apart from Covid, the researchers also took into account other factors that could affect conception, such as age and pre-existing diseases.
Many studies have shown that Covid infection can be dangerous for pregnant women, but vaccination can significantly reduce that risk.
“The current scientific evidence is clear that the protection that COVID-19 vaccines provide against severe disease far outweighs the potential risks,” Timpka said.
“Women who want to start a family and are thinking about whether to get a COVID-19 shot should not hesitate to get the vaccine,” Timpka added.
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