No, COVID-19 vaccines do not impact fertility
Updated May 08, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a Family Health Center pop up vaccine clinic at King-Westwood Elementary School in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Family Health Center partnered with Kalamazoo Public Schools and Bronson Methodist Hospital to give the Pfizer vaccine to those 16 and older. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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It’s a myth that COVID-19 vaccines can impact fertility, but it’s a myth that’s keeping many young adult from getting immunized, doctors say.
“Some of the main reasons people are nervous about getting vaccinated are these myths about the mRNA vaccines potentially impacting fertility,” said Dr. Rosemary Olivero, a pediatric infection disease specialist with Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids. “And I just want to say that those myths have been busted. They are not true.
You’re fully immunized against COVID-19. So why do you still need to mask?
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
FILE - In this March 11, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden holds up his mask as he speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House in Washington. Biden spent his first 100 days in office encouraging Americans to mask up and stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. His task for the next 100 days will be to lay out the path back to normal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)AP
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So you’re two weeks past your final dose of COVID-19 and you’re considered fully immunized.
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Half of Michigan adults are now vaccinated. The other half will be the hard part.
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Erin Alexander-Bell receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a Family Health Center pop up vaccine clinic at King-Westwood Elementary School in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Family Health Center partnered with Kalamazoo Public Schools and Bronson Methodist Hospital to give the Pfizer vaccine to those 16 and older. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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When COVID-19 vaccines first came out in December, Erin Alexander-Bell was uncertain about getting the shots.
A Kalamazoo mother of three, Alexander-Bell didn’t want to be first in line. She wanted to hear about the experience of people she knew. She had some questions that she wanted answered.
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Associated Press file photo of a pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) AP
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Dr. Kurt Wharton, an Oakland County obstetrician, currently has four pregnant patients in intensive care units battling COVID-19.
None were vaccinated. Now the four are “fighting for their lives,” said Wharton, who works at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Dr. David Colombo, a Grand Rapids obstetricians, tells a similar story.
He heads Spectrum Health’s maternal fetal medicine office, which specializes in more complicated pregnancies. That means west Michigan women who get COVID during their pregnancy tend to end up in that office, he said. “And we’ve seen people get very sick. We’ve had some problems with it.”