Comment on: Premenstrual and menstrual changes reported after COVID-19 vaccination: the EVA project

Abstract

The recent paper in Women’s Health by Baena-García et al. got picked up by the mainstream Portuguese media as evidence of problems associated with COVID-19 vaccines. We live in a world where papers often make the headlines for the worst reasons. Scientists must be extra careful in how they communicate their findings and how they appropriately tone down their conclusions. As a scientist, I worry about the potential negative public perception about vaccines. Vaccines are overall safe and sound, and have saved millions of lives worldwide from COVID-19, but also many other diseases. This note voices my serious concerns about this study and its conclusions.

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https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057221129395

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