Infertility, bad side effects, and more: St. Louis doctors debunk the COVID-19 vaccine myths
Some Missouri residents might still be hesitant to receive the vaccine.
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As state and St. Louis city officials guide residents in understanding how and when they can receive either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, many residents might still be apprehensive about receiving the two doses. Here, Dr. Kenan Omurtag, medical director of the IVF (in-vitro-fertilization) unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Dr. Hilary Babcock a Washington University infectious diseases physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, dispel the vaccinesâ myths.
First of all, how do the vaccines work? Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines. These kinds of vaccines provide instructions on making a protein in the human body, which then elicits the bodyâs immune response. In the COVID-19 vaccines, the mRNA instructs the body to create the spiked protein, which teaches your immune syst
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Claims medication abortions can be reversed stem from a small case study reported by San Diego-based Dr. George Delgado.
He testified he has helped patients stop a medication abortion after they have taken the first of two pills required for the procedure by prescribing high levels of progesterone in an attempt to flush out the system.
Delgado, a self-professed pro-life physician, has continued to prescribe progesterone in those circumstances, he testified. He has published case studies, not formal studies with control groups, on the practice, for the last decade.
In 2017, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published a statement saying that claims regarding abortion reversal treatment are not based on science and do not meet clinical standards.
World Health Organization (WHO) warned that pregnant women should not get Moderna’s Wuhan coronavirus vaccine. It issued the warning because of insufficient data proving that it was safe for pregnant women. The global health body’s pronouncement applied to more than three million expectant mothers in the U.S., who are at a higher risk of suffering from severe COVID-19.
In a Jan. 26 statement, the WHO said it did not recommend giving the Moderna mRNA shot to pregnant women. “While pregnancy puts women at a higher risk of severe COVID-19, the use of this vaccine in pregnant woman is currently not recommended,” the statement said. Frontline healthcare workers and those with underlying conditions are among the pregnant women at high risk for the disease.