Misrepresentation about vaccines that are scaring women

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

 
 
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Title Misrepresentation about vaccines that are scaring women
 
Creator Moodley, Jagidesa Khaliq, Olive P. Mkhize, Princess Z.
 
Subject Family medicine; primary health care; Education misrepresentation; vaccines; infertility; Social media; COVID-19
Description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has contributed greatly to morbidity and mortality worldwide. The production of COVID-19 vaccines has been tested for efficacy and safety via clinical trials. However, false information on the side effects of the vaccine has been spread via social media, creating fear of vaccination. Currently, the vaccine has been falsely reported to cause infertility in women of reproductive age and miscarriages in pregnant women. There is no evidence to support this information as the COVID-19 vaccines have been clinically approved for safety. Furthermore, pregnant and lactating women were not included in the clinical trials. Therefore, the objective of this report is to raise awareness that the rumours on the vaccine are false and to encourage every individual to accept the vaccination for their safety and the safety of their loved ones.
 
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Date 2021-06-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Review
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.2953
 
Source African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 13, No 1 (2021); 2 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928
 
Language eng
 
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https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/2953/4687 https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/2953/4688 https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/2953/4689 https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/2953/4691
 
Coverage Africa; South Africa;KwaZulu-Natal 2020-2021 Women, Pregnancy
Rights Copyright (c) 2021 Jagidesa Moodley, Olive Khaliq, Princess Z. Mkhize https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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