SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE, THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM GETTING RESULTS.
>> JULIE: THE SPREAD OF
MISINFORMATION ONLINE HAS BEEN
AN ISSUE FOR YEARS AND THAT’S
NO DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO
THE COVID-19 VACCINE AND THERE
HAVE BEEN SOME POST
CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
CLAIMING THE SHOT COULD CAUSE
INFERTILITY, OF COURSE, THAT
COULD RAISE BIG RED FLAG FOR
YOUNG WOMEN HOPING TO START
FAMILIES IN THE FUTURE. SO
CLICKORLANDO DOT COM’S BRIANNA
VOLZ IS IN FOR MORNING ANCHOR
AND HEALTH REPORTER KIRSTIN
O’CONNOR. NOW TO ASK THE
DOCTOR ASK A DOCTOR IS
SPONSORED BY CAN BE PRIMARY
CARE FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE
IS STILL PRETTY NEW. AND
BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE ARE
STILL SOME QUESTIONS
SCIENTISTS JUST DON’T HAVE THE
ANSWERS TO YET. THAT MAKES IT
SPREAD FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT
IT ONLINE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME
PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO SUGGEST
THE VACCINE COULD HURT YOUR
CHANCES OF GETTING PREGNANT
DOWN THE ROAD. BUT DOCTOR MARK
TROLICE, THE DIRECTOR
FERTILITY CARE AT THE IVF
CENTER IN WINTER PARK SAYS
THERE’S NO REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT THAT’S TRUE.
>> THERE IS NO EVIDENCE BRIANA
THAT THE VACCINE WILL HAVE ANY
IMPACT ON THE PRODUCTION. IT’S
TERRIBLE THAT THIS CLAIM HAS
SPREAD SO MUCH AND IF YOU IF
PATIENTS HAPPENS JUST ENOUGH
DURING THIS PANDEMIC. I MEAN,
EVERYBODY HAS RIGHT. BUT THERE
IS NO FOUNDATION TO THIS. IT’S
BASELESS. THERE WAS A
SCIENTIST OUT OF GERMANY THAT
STARTED TO TRY TO PUT
TOGETHER. THERE WAS MAYBE A
SIMILAR GENE THAT CODES FOR
THE THAT IS WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS RIGHT-SIZE KOBE
END WHILE THERE POSSIBLY COULD
BE SOME SIMILARITY THERE IS
ABSOLUTELY NO USE OF THOSE
GENES IN THE VACCINE AND
THERE’S NO ASSOCIATION AT ALL
WITH INFERTILITY IN THOSE THAT
HAVE BEEN TESTED WITH THE
VACCINE THEY HAVE THE SAME
DEGREE OF FERTILITY RATE THAN
THOSE THAT HAVEN’T.
>> DOCTOR TROLICE SAYS PEOPLE
SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY’RE
GETTING THE FACTS WHEN IT
COMES TO THE VACCINE AND THAT
THOSE COME FROM THE CDC, THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND
OTHER MAJOR HEALTH
ORGANIZATIONS DESPITE THOSE
MEDICAL EXPERTS COMING OUT IN
SUPPORT OF THE VACCINE FOR
PREGNANT AND PRE PREGNANT
WOMEN. SOME PEOPLE STILL SAY
THEY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE
SHOT HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE
LONGER TO DECIDE IF THEY’LL
GET IT.
>> SO YOU JUST TALKED A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE MAJOR
ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES
THAT ARE RECOMMENDING THE
VACCINE. AND SOME EVEN COME
OUT TO SAY THAT THERE’S NO
CONCERN FOR POTENTIAL ADVERSE
AFFECTS TO FUTURE FERTILITY.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT’S TOO SOON
TO SAY THAT.
>> NO, I DON’T. TERRIFIC
QUESTION AGAIN. OVER 20,000
WOMEN WERE PREGNANT RECEIVED
THE VACCINE AND THERE ARE NO
RED FLAGS. SO THIS TECHNOLOGY
HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER A
DECADE. OKAY WITH THE MMA
MRNA. IT IS NOT A LIVE
VACCINE. AND THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE OR BIOLOGIC
PLAUSIBILITY YOUR CHANCE THAT
THIS VACCINE COULD HAVE ANY
LONG-TERM EFFECTS. I MEAN, IT
CERTAINLY HASN’T BEEN STUDIED
FOR DECADES OF USAGE. NO, BUT
IN MEDICINE, WE ALWAYS WEIGH
THE RISKS AND BENEFITS. AND
RIGHT NOW THE RISK OF NOT
GETTING THE VACCINE. IS MUCH,
MUCH HIGHER THAN ANY POTENTIAL
THEORETICAL AT THIS POINT ON
FOUNDED CONCERN THAT THE
VACCINE IS HOPEFUL.
>> JULIE: DOCTOR TROLICE AS
HEALTH OFFICIALS CAN ONLY GO
BASED ON THE INFORMATION THEY
HAVE RIGHT NOW AND THAT
SOMETIMES THEY DO HAVE TO MAKE
CHANGES DOWN THE ROAD. BUT
THAT’S A RISK HE SAYS IS WORTH
TAKING.
>> HOW WOULD YOU FEEL. KNOWING
THAT YOU PUSH FOR YOUR
PATIENCE TO GET THIS SHOT AND
THEN LATER SOMETHING COMES OUT
DOWN THE ROAD THAT IT MIGHT
CAUSE FERTILITY PROBLEMS.
>> WELL, THAT’S AN
UNDERSTANDABLE QUESTION. BUT
RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOTHING TO
SUGGEST THAT THERE IS A
PROBLEM. ALL THE EVIDENCE
SUPPORTS TAKING THE VACCINE.
WE ACT IN MEDICINE WITH THE
EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT
OF US, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT’S
AN EMERGENCY. WE DON’T HAVE
THE LUXURY OF WAITING A DECADE
OR 2 TO SEE THE LONG-TERM
CONSEQUENCES. PEOPLE ARE
DYING. THERE IS NO BIOLOGIC
MECHANISM THAT WE COULD EVEN
DECIPHER TO THINK THAT THEY
WOULD BE AN ASSOCIATION
BETWEEN THIS VACCINE AND
INFERTILITY. WE JUST DON’T
HAVE THAT. I HAVE NEVER KNOWN
A VACCINE TO HAVE ANY IMPACT
ON INFERTILITY.
>> CANDACE: DOCTOR TROLICE
SAYS HE HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE
TO HELPING PEOPLE GET PREGNANT
AND START FAMILIES AND THAT HE
WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND