A study allays fears that covid vaccines harm menstrual cycles
Those swayed by contrary anti-vaxxer propaganda should take note
The easiest way to promote a conspiracy theory is to take a grain of truth and blow it out of sensible proportion. This is exactly how one of the most pervasive sources of covid-19 vaccine hesitancy—misinformation about its impact on women’s fertility—spread.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “A dose of truth”
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