Getting the COVID-19 vaccine does not impact chances of conceiving. However, getting the virus can reduce male fertility. Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health were unable to find a link between failure to conceive in men or women that Pfizer, Moderna, or the Johnson and Johnson vaccines. Doing research has proven that the fertility rates who received one dose were nearly identical to the unvaccinated female participants. Men that tested positive for COVID had reduced fertility compared to men who never tested positive. The findings in research about the link between fertility and the virus should be reassuring to those that believe vaccination affects fertility. Anecdotal reports that claim women’s periods are affected by the vaccine have been debunked by research that says these short term changes do not impact the ability to conceive.
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