The Claim:
A doctor of English literature is sharing concerns that lipid nanoparticles in some COVID vaccines will stop children from developing into “normal adult, sexual healthy people, capable of forming families and reproducing.”
The Facts:
Our author is getting caught up on the results of this study describing the potential effects of nanoparticles on the reproductive system. What she is missing is that nanoparticles (NPs) are just very small particles, and not all NPs share the same properties. If you read the study, NPs such as gold, silver, silica, titanium dioxide, cerium oxide, and zinc oxide NPs are considered in terms of the potential effects of the accumulation of these heavy metal and carbon-based NPs in cells.
Lipid NPs were not addressed. COVID vaccines containing lipid nanoparticles have not been shown to have any impact on fertility or sexual function.
The lipid NPs used to deliver mRNA for COVID vaccination are fat or fat-like substances that look, to the body, like a normal cell. Cells will take up the Lipid NP along with the mRNA, read the mRNA’s instructions, and degrade the nanoparticle as it would with normal fat. And then it is gone and not interfering with any baby-making plans.
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