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The Claim "COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Infertility

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I found a source that disproves this claim. According to https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/more-evidence-covid-19-vaccines-do-not-cause-infertility "Participants who got the COVID-19 vaccine were not less likely than others to get pregnant." Based on their experimentation with conception after vaccine reception, there was no evidence to suggests infertility is caused by the COVID19 vaccine. Their study of more than 2,000 couples concluded that the vaccine has no connection to fertility loss, but the disease itself can hamper a couple's ability to get pregnant.

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Tons of studies have been done testing Covid vaccines to allow them to successfully be distributed and help the world when it comes to the pandemic. The CDC is there with the full purpose of making sure that all medications like vaccines are passed with little side effects and especially no life threatening side effects. When the CDC approved a vaccine its full intent is to help people, not create infertility. There have been no signs that infertility has come from the vaccine.

https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/pregnant-or-breastfeeding.html#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20vaccines%20are%20not,19%20before%20or%20during%20pregnancy.

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There are plenty of reliable sources on the internet that refute this claim. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) analyzed data from more than 2000 couples who were trying to conceive. They found that people "who got the COVID-19 vaccine were not less likely than others to get pregnant." They did find that couples with male partners who had been infected with "COVID-19 in the past 60 days were less likely to conceive." The findings in this study in no way indicate infertility as a result of getting vaccinated.

https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/more-evidence-covid-19-vaccines-do-not-cause-infertility

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With a quick google search your claim is proven very incorrect. according to CDC wedsite (https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/planning-for-pregnancy.html?s_cid=SEM.GA:PAI:RG_AO_GA_TM_A18_C-CVD-ExpectantParents-Brd:covid%20vaccine%20and%20menstrual%20cycle:SEM00004&utm_id=SEM.GA:PAI:RG_AO_GA_TM_A18_C-CVD-ExpectantParents-Brd:covid%20vaccine%20and%20menstrual%20cycle:SEM00004&gad_source=1) There is currently no evidence that any vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines, cause fertility problems (problems trying to get pregnant) in women or men.

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How were you able to find the correlation between the vaccine and infertility, specifying that the COVID-19 Vaccine was the cause of it?

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There are no credible sources showing evidence of the claim "COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility", including the one you linked. To begin, the article you linked from the CDC actually shows evidence against your claim, stating that "currently no evidence shows that any vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines, cause fertility problems". Aside from this article, upon further research, there are no other sources that support this information. In a study done by the NIH (National Institute of Health), participants who were trying to become pregnant were asked to provide updates on their health, lifestyle, and COVID-19 vaccine statuses. According to this study, "participants who got the COVID-19 vaccine were not less likely than others to get pregnant". This study was also completed by a credible team from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, published on a credible journal page, and included in-depth data and resources. 

https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/more-evidence-covid-19-vaccines-do-not-cause-infertility

https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/191/8/1383/6511811

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I think you did a wonderful job factchecking this by carefully reading over the article provided and finding that it also went against the supposed claim. Many times we only find evidence of accuracy or not based on research we conduct rather than also checking the sources stated to begin with.

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Hi chloe11, You bring in amazing points when discrediting this article. I especially liked that you included different sources other than the original study that also support that the COVID-19 vaccine has no correlation to infertility.

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Hi, I think you did a very nice job in fact checking this claim. I really enjoyed how you included both the original study as well as various sources that contribute to fact checking the claim.

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There is significant evidence that disproves this claim. According to https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/more-evidence-covid-19-vaccines-do-not-cause-infertility, researchers recruited 2,126 females trying to get pregnant from ages 21-45. The study found that couples who had been vaccinated were not less likely to have pregnancy. The only link to less chance of pregnancy were those who had tested positive for the COVID-19 60 days before. The CDC is also required to do intensive testing to insure that the vaccines they distribute are safe for the general population. There is no evidence provided, nor any research that indicates that vaccines 

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No credible sources were shown that support that claim. The article linked to the claim “COVID-19 Vaccines Causes Infertility” directly states that “COVID-19 vaccines will not directly affect fertility”. According to the CDC, there is “no evidence that any vaccines, including COVID 19 vaccines cause fertility problems” (source: https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/planning-for-pregnancy.html?s_cid=SEM.GA:PAI:RG_AO_GA_TM_A18_C-CVD-ExpectantParents-Brd:covid%20vaccine%20and%20menstrual%20cycle:SEM00004&utm_id=SEM.GA:PAI:RG_AO_GA_TM_A18_C-CVD-ExpectantParents-Brd:covid%20vaccine%20and%20menstrual%20cycle:SEM00004&gad_source=1) While the vaccine doesn't directly affect fertility, the CDC also highlights that having the COVID-19 virus during pregnancy can allow for an “increased risk of complications that can affect pregnancy”. Therefore, while the virus may pose a risk on fertility, the vaccine will have no effect. Additionally, I believe the CDC website is credible compared to the original article which discusses myths regarding COVID-19.

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i believe this claim is false. In the article by the National Institution of Health i found it said "Between December 2020 and September 2021, the researchers recruited 2,126 female participants between the ages of 21 and 45 in the United States or Canada who were trying to get pregnant." This study was developed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and researchers analyzed that over 2,000 people with the COVID-19 vaccine weren't actually effecting them conceiving. 

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There is an evidence that can disprove the claim. Accroding to Effects of COVID-19 vaccination on human fertility: a post-pandemic literature review - PMC (nih.gov), researchers found that the COVID-19 vaccination doesn't have influence on pregnant woman by the datas from the experiment. This paper also contains another conclusion that COVID-19 vaccination may influence the male semen parameters. However, this influence doesn't cuase the changement of level of partner's pregnancy probability.

Effects of COVID-19 vaccination on human fertility: a post-pandemic literature review - PMC (nih.gov)