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COVID-19 could cause sterility
Vaccines do not influence the fertility of one or another man or woman, a new study shows, although contamination with Covid-19 could cause fertility problems in men, in the short term.
The study's principal investigator, Amelia Wesselink, is an assistant epidemiologist at the Boston University School of Public Health.
Wesselink is sure that large numbers of people of childbearing age have cited fertility concerns as justification for remaining unvaccinated.
In a press release, he points out that the review interestingly shows that inoculation against COVID-19 is not related to fertility in any individual of the couples who try to consider through intercourse.
The probability of pregnancy was essentially the same, regardless of inoculation.
In the review, Wesselink's group investigated information from more than 2,100 American and Canadian women and their partners who were participating in an ongoing investigation of women trying to get pregnant.
The ladies provided lifestyle information and clinical data on themselves and their partners from December 2020 to September 2021, culminating in follow-up in November 2021.
The analysts found that the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson vaccines had no impact on male or female fertility.
In any case, men infected with COVID-19 could experience a brief decline in fertility, according to analysts.
Study Results
The report was distributed in the American Journal of Epidemiology, in its January 20 issue.
The findings support previous explorations linking the disease to COVID-19 in men with low-quality sperm and other abnormalities of conception.
Specialists said the findings should ease concerns about COVID-19 vaccines, and fertility, prompted by few reports of women having monthly cycle changes after being vaccinated.
Boston University epidemiology professor and study senior author Lauren Wise insisted that this information provides consoling evidence that COVID-19 inoculation in either person does not influence the fertility of couples trying to conceive.
He also explained that the upcoming configuration of the review, the huge sample size, and the topographically heterogeneous study population are qualities of the review, similar to how some factors are controlled for, such as: financial status, age, occupation, previous ailments, and feelings of anxiety.
