Local doctors say vaccine infertility rumors not true
Lane County Senior Public Health Officer Dr. Pat Luedkte says there is no evidence the vaccine for COVID-19 affects a woman s fertility.
Posted: Feb 22, 2021 1:07 PM
Updated: Feb 22, 2021 6:33 PM
Posted By: Bob Schaper & Jaewon Jung
EUGENE, Ore. Health officials across the country are facing an unexpected hurdle in achieving herd immunity: women in their 20 s and 30 s who fear the vaccine for COVID-19 causes infertility.
Dr. David Herrmann, an obstertrician at Women s Care in Springfield, said that these rumors have even caused the American College of Obstreticians and Gynecologists to release a statement saying this is untrue.
Lane County Public Health administers on-hand vaccinations at two-day clinic
Lane County gave out the COVID-19 vaccines it still had on hand in a two-day, invitation-only drive-thru clinic that began Saturday in Eugene.
The county expected to inoculate 1,800 people Saturday and Sunday 800 people with the Moderna vaccine Saturday and 1,000 people with the Pfizer vaccine Sunday, according to Lane County Senior Public Health Officer Dr. Patrick Luedtke. Luedtke said Saturday he expected the county to expend all the vaccine it had on hand during the two days. He asked the clinic s location remain undisclosed for safety reasons. We would all love to have more vaccine. And it s not just Lane County, I think the whole country wants more vaccine, Luedtke said. After tomorrow s event, we will have nothing left. We will learn Monday what we ll be resupplied with for the next week.