Andeventhoughthevaccinesthemselvesarenew, thespecificplatformbehindthevaccineshasbeendevelopedandtestedformanyyears, andthecoronavirusitselfhasbeentestedfor 50 years.
Soitmightseemdauntingthatthisvaccinewasdevelopedinunder a year.
Butitwasdevelopedin a waythatdidnotcompromisesafety, anditwasbasedonresearchwe'vebeendoingformanyyears.
BoththePfizerandMadonnaCovadvaccinesusedmessengerRNA, whichisessentially a recipeforourselvestoproducethestarsKobetospikeproteinafterourselvesproducedtheprotein, theybreakdowntheinstructions.
Within a fewweeks, I'veheardrumorsthatthevaccinecouldaffectfertility.
Howdo I feelsafetaking a vaccinethathasn't existedlongenoughtobetestedthroughthedurationof a pregnancy?
Now, regardingpeoplewhoaretryingtogetpregnant?
Therewas a theorythatthecovein 19 vaccinemightimpactfertilitybecauseof a sharedaminoacidsequencebetweenthestars, Kobetospikeproteinand a placentalprotein.