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No evidence Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine affects women’s fertility - Full Fact
“This claim has no basis. The spike protein on the Covid-19 virus and a protein that makes up the placenta have only a small amount in common, almost certainly not enough... https://fullfact.org/health/vaccine-covid-fertility/
“This claim has no basis. The spike protein on the Covid-19 virus and a protein that makes up the placenta have only a small amount in common, almost certainly not enough... https://fullfact.org/health/vaccine-covid-fertility/
... for the immune system to attack the placenta.”
Well, that is reassuring. “...almost certainly not...” sounds good.
I never thought it ‘likely”. Instead I am concerned it ‘might, in some people’. Rare events are what I had in mind. I’d have preferred a more categoric reply.
Well, that is reassuring. “...almost certainly not...” sounds good.
I never thought it ‘likely”. Instead I am concerned it ‘might, in some people’. Rare events are what I had in mind. I’d have preferred a more categoric reply.
“Professor Jonathan Stoye, Virologist at the Francis Crick Institute, told Full Fact these proteins are not identical, as some have claimed.
On whether the vaccine could cause an immune reaction to the syncytin-1 protein vital for placenta formation, he said: “I would never...
On whether the vaccine could cause an immune reaction to the syncytin-1 protein vital for placenta formation, he said: “I would never...
... say never, but the possibility is vanishingly small.”
There’s a distinction between an event of such low probability that, to all intents & purposes, is so low we can dismiss it, and one which is not thought at all likely, but might happen. Given the global population...
There’s a distinction between an event of such low probability that, to all intents & purposes, is so low we can dismiss it, and one which is not thought at all likely, but might happen. Given the global population...
...which could receive this is very large, potentially hundreds of millions, I wanted to ensure even a low probability risk was known about.
This sort of statement annoys not only me: “Bad information ruins lives. It promotes hate, damages people’s health, and hurts democracy. You deserve better.”
Absolutely right. That’s why, when media & unelected officials & even government ministers say things which know aren’t..
Absolutely right. That’s why, when media & unelected officials & even government ministers say things which know aren’t..
...correct, I do what I can to provide an alternative & evidence based viewpoint.
I regret to say this is commonplace & almost daily. I wish it wasn’t, but it is.
As a result, I’ve lost any trust I might once have had in official pronouncements.
I regret to say this is commonplace & almost daily. I wish it wasn’t, but it is.
As a result, I’ve lost any trust I might once have had in official pronouncements.
