Experts: No Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines and Erectile Dysfunction
SciCheck Digest
Public health officials around the world have explained that erectile dysfunction is not a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines, but a viral tweet from rapper Nicki Minaj has spread the unfounded claim that it is. There is no evidence to support that claim.
Common side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines include injection site pain, fatigue, headache, muscle pain and fever.
Data from the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna trials also show the side effects included joint pain and chills. These reactions are more likely after the second dose of those vaccines, given several weeks after the first, and are more common and severe in younger people. The Johnson & Johnson side effects, too, were more common in 18- to 59-year-old participants, and also included nausea.
As the CDC
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