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🎥 Check out our Q&A with Dr. Arif Rajpura, Blackpool’s Director of Public Health, where we asked your most pressing questions about Covid-19 vaccines and fertility.

👇 Watch the full series below:

1. Is there any evidence that the Covid-19 vaccine affects male or female fertility?

2. Why was it first advised pregnant women avoid the vaccine, and then later recommended?

3. Why did advice change for those planning to conceive if there were no proven risks?

4. Have there been increases in miscarriages or complications since the vaccine rollout to pregnant women?

5. Could we see long-term effects on babies born to vaccinated mothers?

6. Why are certain vaccines recommended over others for pregnant women?

7. Does the vaccine impact contraceptives like the pill?

8. Can the vaccine affect your menstrual cycle?

9. Will the Covid-19 vaccine be made mandatory for children?

10. What are the possible side effects of the vaccine?

11. Will there be restrictions for people who don’t get the vaccine?

12. How can you fact-check vaccine misinformation?