1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:04,340 --> 00:00:06,340 Hi , I'm Dr trimble spitzer . I'm a 3 00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:08,396 reproductive endocrinologist here at 4 00:00:08,396 --> 00:00:10,618 Naval Medical Center , Portsmouth first 5 00:00:10,618 --> 00:00:12,840 and finest . There is a large amount of 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:14,784 misinformation floating around out 7 00:00:14,784 --> 00:00:16,951 there about whether the covid vaccines 8 00:00:16,951 --> 00:00:19,007 are available are truly safe for the 9 00:00:19,007 --> 00:00:21,062 public to get . And it seems to have 10 00:00:21,062 --> 00:00:23,173 spread a lot faster because of social 11 00:00:23,173 --> 00:00:25,396 media . One of the big issues out there 12 00:00:25,396 --> 00:00:25,350 are that people are trying to link the 13 00:00:25,350 --> 00:00:27,200 covid vaccine with based DNA and 14 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,422 fertility issues . And that information 15 00:00:29,422 --> 00:00:31,311 has even the brightest among us , 16 00:00:31,311 --> 00:00:33,200 pausing because there are so many 17 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,200 different international sources and 18 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:36,811 conflicting opinions . It is 19 00:00:36,811 --> 00:00:38,756 understandable that you might have 20 00:00:38,756 --> 00:00:40,867 questions or concerns about the Covid 21 00:00:40,867 --> 00:00:42,867 vaccine . In reality , you are just 22 00:00:42,867 --> 00:00:44,922 being fed wrong information . And it 23 00:00:44,922 --> 00:00:47,144 can be really scary . That's because on 24 00:00:47,144 --> 00:00:49,144 the surface it seems to have enough 25 00:00:49,144 --> 00:00:51,256 science to potentially be plausible . 26 00:00:51,256 --> 00:00:53,311 But in reality it isn't . And that's 27 00:00:53,311 --> 00:00:55,256 what this video is all about . I'm 28 00:00:55,256 --> 00:00:57,367 gonna clear up at least the top three 29 00:00:57,367 --> 00:00:59,367 covid fertility and pregnancy myths 30 00:00:59,367 --> 00:01:01,533 that we are hearing right now and help 31 00:01:01,533 --> 00:01:03,700 debunk some of those persistent doubts 32 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:05,922 myth . Number one is the claim that the 33 00:01:05,922 --> 00:01:08,089 covid 19 vaccine will alter your DNA . 34 00:01:08,089 --> 00:01:10,311 The truth is that the Covid 19 vaccines 35 00:01:10,311 --> 00:01:12,478 do not in fact interact or change your 36 00:01:12,478 --> 00:01:14,533 DNA In any way the vaccine , johnson 37 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:16,533 and johnson uses a more traditional 38 00:01:16,533 --> 00:01:18,870 virus based technology which is seen in 39 00:01:18,870 --> 00:01:20,930 historical vaccines . Pfizer and 40 00:01:20,930 --> 00:01:23,041 Moderna vaccines are called messenger 41 00:01:23,041 --> 00:01:25,160 RNA vaccines . The vaccines teach 42 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,382 ourselves to trigger an immune response 43 00:01:27,382 --> 00:01:29,438 as if it encounters the actual virus 44 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,270 The Mrna from a COVID-19 vaccine never 45 00:01:32,270 --> 00:01:34,437 enters the inside of your cell , which 46 00:01:34,437 --> 00:01:36,548 is where our DNA is kept . This means 47 00:01:36,548 --> 00:01:38,780 the vaccine M . RNA cannot affect or 48 00:01:38,780 --> 00:01:40,836 interact with our D . N . A . In any 49 00:01:40,836 --> 00:01:43,058 way . The Covid 19 vaccine , like other 50 00:01:43,058 --> 00:01:45,280 vaccines , works by training our bodies 51 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,510 to develop antibodies to fight against 52 00:01:47,510 --> 00:01:49,640 the virus that causes Covid 19 , 53 00:01:49,650 --> 00:01:51,950 preventing future illness . That immune 54 00:01:51,950 --> 00:01:53,839 response is what protects us from 55 00:01:53,839 --> 00:01:55,728 getting infected or significantly 56 00:01:55,728 --> 00:01:57,672 decreases our symptoms if the real 57 00:01:57,672 --> 00:02:00,670 virus enters our bodies . The second 58 00:02:00,670 --> 00:02:02,614 myth is that the Covid vaccine may 59 00:02:02,614 --> 00:02:05,140 cause infertility . This claim is false 60 00:02:05,150 --> 00:02:07,250 and unfounded with no scientific 61 00:02:07,250 --> 00:02:09,340 evidence to support it . The Covid 62 00:02:09,340 --> 00:02:11,340 vaccines offered teach ourselves to 63 00:02:11,340 --> 00:02:13,507 make a protein that triggers an immune 64 00:02:13,507 --> 00:02:15,784 response . If it sees the actual virus . 65 00:02:15,784 --> 00:02:17,784 This is specifically called a spike 66 00:02:17,784 --> 00:02:19,790 protein . The spike protein and the 67 00:02:19,790 --> 00:02:22,060 protein in placentas share a similar 68 00:02:22,070 --> 00:02:24,340 small part of the same genetic code 69 00:02:24,380 --> 00:02:26,602 because of that small stretch of shared 70 00:02:26,602 --> 00:02:28,790 code between the two proteins . People 71 00:02:28,790 --> 00:02:30,846 worried that the antibodies produced 72 00:02:30,846 --> 00:02:33,090 after COVID-19 vaccination could attack 73 00:02:33,090 --> 00:02:35,420 future placental proteins leading to 74 00:02:35,420 --> 00:02:37,800 infertility or pregnancy loss . This 75 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:39,911 similarity however , is not enough to 76 00:02:39,911 --> 00:02:41,744 make them a match . Studies have 77 00:02:41,744 --> 00:02:43,856 compared this covid spike protein and 78 00:02:43,856 --> 00:02:45,800 the placental protein and actually 79 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,620 found very little overlap . One great 80 00:02:48,620 --> 00:02:50,787 analogy I've heard is that it would be 81 00:02:50,787 --> 00:02:52,842 like two people having phone numbers 82 00:02:52,842 --> 00:02:54,898 that both contain the number seven , 83 00:02:54,898 --> 00:02:57,009 you couldn't dial one number to reach 84 00:02:57,009 --> 00:02:59,064 the other person . Even though their 85 00:02:59,064 --> 00:03:01,550 phone numbers shared a digit . The 86 00:03:01,550 --> 00:03:05,070 third myth is that COVID-19 vaccine can 87 00:03:05,070 --> 00:03:08,300 cause problems with pregnancy . This is 88 00:03:08,300 --> 00:03:10,960 also false . While we don't have long 89 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,010 term data on pregnancy , we do know 90 00:03:13,010 --> 00:03:15,690 that COVID-19 infection itself poses a 91 00:03:15,690 --> 00:03:17,857 great risk of women who are pregnant . 92 00:03:17,940 --> 00:03:20,230 What we do know about COVID-19 93 00:03:20,230 --> 00:03:23,090 infection in pregnancy is that pregnant 94 00:03:23,090 --> 00:03:26,750 women with COVID-19 have a 3.5 times 95 00:03:26,750 --> 00:03:28,861 higher rate of being hospitalized for 96 00:03:28,861 --> 00:03:32,040 the illness . About 1-3 per 1000 women 97 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,430 with COVID-19 will develop severe 98 00:03:34,430 --> 00:03:37,470 disease compared to those who aren't 99 00:03:37,470 --> 00:03:39,581 pregnant , pregnant women infected by 100 00:03:39,581 --> 00:03:42,510 Covid 19 are three times more likely to 101 00:03:42,510 --> 00:03:45,840 need ICU care 2 to 3 more times to need 102 00:03:45,910 --> 00:03:48,120 advanced life support and a breathing 103 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,660 tube and have increased risk of dying 104 00:03:50,750 --> 00:03:53,780 due to infection of covid 19 . These 105 00:03:53,790 --> 00:03:55,770 unvaccinated who are pregnant and 106 00:03:55,770 --> 00:03:57,800 contract COVID-19 may also be at 107 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,000 increased risk for stillbirth and 108 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,300 preterm birth . In early vaccine 109 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:05,580 studies , pregnant women were excluded 110 00:04:05,580 --> 00:04:07,650 from participating as they are in 111 00:04:07,650 --> 00:04:10,490 almost all drug studies . Since that 112 00:04:10,490 --> 00:04:12,546 time , there have been studies which 113 00:04:12,546 --> 00:04:14,323 included pregnant women to help 114 00:04:14,323 --> 00:04:16,546 completely debunk the myth of pregnancy 115 00:04:16,546 --> 00:04:20,310 interference . As of August 23 , 2021 116 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,220 more than 150,000 pregnant women have 117 00:04:23,220 --> 00:04:25,810 been studied and vaccinated , no 118 00:04:25,820 --> 00:04:28,120 unexpected pregnancy or fetal problems 119 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,064 have occurred . There have been no 120 00:04:30,064 --> 00:04:31,898 reports of any increased risk of 121 00:04:31,898 --> 00:04:34,590 pregnancy loss growth problems or birth 122 00:04:34,590 --> 00:04:37,640 defects in the Pfiser vaccine trial 23 123 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:39,807 women became pregnant within the study 124 00:04:39,807 --> 00:04:41,530 and of those only one lost her 125 00:04:41,530 --> 00:04:43,474 pregnancy . But that was part of a 126 00:04:43,474 --> 00:04:46,030 placebo group . American College of 127 00:04:46,030 --> 00:04:48,660 Obstetrics and Gynecology , the Society 128 00:04:48,660 --> 00:04:51,020 for Maternal fetal Medicine and the 129 00:04:51,020 --> 00:04:52,909 American Society for reproductive 130 00:04:52,909 --> 00:04:55,330 Medicine all recommend that pregnant 131 00:04:55,340 --> 00:04:57,670 and lactating women and those trying to 132 00:04:57,670 --> 00:05:00,170 become pregnant be vaccinated against 133 00:05:00,170 --> 00:05:03,190 covid 19 like I said at the beginning , 134 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,033 there is a lot of misinformation 135 00:05:05,033 --> 00:05:07,200 floating out there , but with a little 136 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,311 knowledge and some science to correct 137 00:05:09,311 --> 00:05:11,533 it , we can make the right decisions at 138 00:05:11,533 --> 00:05:13,900 the right time . Getting the vaccine is 139 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:16,067 still the best weapon we have to fight 140 00:05:16,067 --> 00:05:18,360 against the Covid virus . We have not 141 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,710 seen any effects on our DNA or 142 00:05:20,710 --> 00:05:22,950 fertility or on pregnancy outcomes from 143 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:24,840 getting the shot . If you have 144 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:27,062 additional concerns about receiving the 145 00:05:27,062 --> 00:05:29,173 Kobe vaccine , please discuss it with 146 00:05:29,173 --> 00:05:31,173 your health care provider . You can 147 00:05:31,173 --> 00:05:33,284 also go to reliable websites for more 148 00:05:33,284 --> 00:05:35,840 information such as a cog dot org . 149 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:39,340 That's a c o g dot org or reproductive 150 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:41,250 facts dot org . Thank you . 151 00:05:44,340 --> 00:05:44,550 Okay ,