Sun Jul 17 01:16:41 2022
(*6952cd93*):: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/menstruation-changes-covid-vaccines-rcna38348
The new survey started in April 2021, around the time people began to report unexpected bleeding and heavier flow post-vaccine. However, these anecdotes were at the time met with the rebuttal that there was no data linking menstrual changes to vaccination.
That was both true and indicative of a larger problem. Individuals who took part in Covid vaccine trials were not asked if they experienced menstrual changes.
Overall, few studies assess the direct effect of vaccination on the menstrual cycle, and most pharmaceutical trials have not included questions about changes to menstruation.
Tingen views this as a mistake. Perhaps, she said, if Covid-19 vaccine trials had asked about menstruation, people would not have been surprised — or frightened — by this unexpected side effect.
Lee said that overall, menstruation is understudied when it’s not relevant to pregnancy.
“It gets ignored because of the structure of science,” Lee, an assistant professor at Tulane University, said. “There are very few senior people in science and medicine who are not white men. It’s just not something they are thinking about as part of their lived experience.”
It’s not yet understood why menstrual changes happen after vaccination.
Menstrual changes as a vaccine side effect are on par with others like muscle pain: While uncomfortable, they do not change how safe or effective the shots are. But Clancy said unexplained side effects cause people to feel fearful — and in some cases spread vaccine hesitancy.
LOL instead of asking WTF and STOP THE FUCKING VAXX they’re like “well it’s because white men run science so they don’t care about you bleeding off your ass but it’s still perfectly safe and effective even though we supposedly have no idea why it happens” +public!
*** Menstrual changes after Covid vaccines may be far more common than previously known
*** A study found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after their Covid vaccination.
*** NBC News
*** COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness
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*** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
