“I heard that COVID-19 vaccine affect the fertility of unmarried women and is something to really worry about especially for some of us who still want to give birth to children”.

Titi Akosa, is asking the question, at a training workshop for people involved in the vaccine rollout in Lagos. She got the information from a women’s group on social media.

Even though she works as a frontline worker for the Lagos health ministry, a false claim she fears would lead to vaccine hesitancy among unmarried women in the state.

The Workshop focused on the First Phase of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccination programme and was put together for civil societies and media practitioners by the Lagos Civil Society Coalition Against COVID-19.

Records from the Lagos State the Ministry of Health COVID-19 Vaccine Analysis show that as at 22nd May, 2021, over 318, 000 people have been vaccinated so far, according to estimates. The number of female who came out to receive the vaccines are 158, 279 with males constituting 159, 637.

To combat the novel COVID-19 virus that has ravaged the world in the last 16 months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) in December 2020 rolled out its first set of approved vaccines in parts of the world. As laudable and timely as the emergence of COVID-19 vaccines is, it has equally been undermined by so much misinformation among which is that it effects conception in women which is a concern for both unmarried women and married women who don’t yet have or plan to have more children.

How then did this misinformation originate and how widespread has it become?
YANDEX fact-checking tool shows different articles and pictures about the effect of the vaccines on women’s health. Different sources wrote for and against the claims with various pieces of evidence to buttress their positions.

Wikepedia.com, noted that false claims have also been made that a vaccinated person can “shed” spike proteins, which allegedly causes menstrual irregularities or other harmful effects on the reproductive health of unvaccinated women who are in proximity to them. These claims have been cited by the Centner Academy, a private pre-school in Miami, Florida, USA which removed vaccinated teachers from its classrooms and has refused to hire vaccinated teachers in the future. It was also on the basis of this false claim that some businesses in the United States of America have banned customers who are vaccinated from entering their facilities.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/fact-check-do-covid-19-vaccines-hamper-fertility-in-unmarried-women/

Okay let us argue with facts. Let's see if Nairaland won't delete this message like they always do.

Because science is all about argument till we reach a conclusion.

Here is a counter thread on Nairaland about this fact check reported by a reputable news agency called dailymail.

https://www.nairaland.com/6509006/women-say-having-heavier-more

Secondly in the picture below is the INVENTOR of mRNA technology being banned from Twitter because he said that mRNA produces spike protein.

It's me again.

Your last paragraph said something brought from Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a reputable place for information. Even it's founder says we shouldn't trust it.

"Nobody should trust Wikipedia," its co-founder warns: Larry Sanger says site has been taken over by "left-wing volunteers" who write off sources that don't fit their agenda as fake news.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9793263/Nobody-trust-Wikipedia-founder-Larry-Sanger-warns.html