A new study has provided some indication that those who’d complained about the COVID vaccine affecting their periods weren’t full of conspiratorial schiff after all.
“An analysis published Friday in the journal Science Advances found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after vaccination. Meanwhile, 44% reported no change and around 14% reported a lighter period,” NBC News reported Friday.
“Among nonmenstruating people — those post-menopause or who use certain long-term contraceptives, for example — the study suggests many experienced breakthrough or unexpected bleeding after their Covid shots,” the outlet added.
The survey reportedly involved 39,000 participants between the ages of 18 and 80 and began in April of 2021, “around the time people began to report unexpected bleeding and heavier flow post-vaccine.”
“The study authors cautioned, though, that the percentages do not necessarily represent the rate of menstrual changes in the general population, since people who observed a difference were more likely to participate. The survey’s aim was simply to provide evidence for future studies, not to establish cause and effect,” according to NBC News.
Notice the use of the word “people” instead of women. This isn’t a coincidence. The actual study itself repeatedly refers to women as “people.”
Science Advances paper on period changes after vax goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid the word “women.” Appears just once in the paper but 16 times in the footnotes.
“Menstruating and formerly menstruating people”
Academic medicine is a clown show.https://t.co/oIpmQQFy4G
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) July 16, 2022
The reaction to this reporting has been four-fold.
First and foremost, critics have complained about having previously been called conspiracy theorists for suggesting that abnormal periods were related to the COVID vaccine.
And indeed, even The New York Times, to its credit, admitted — or at least strongly suggested — that this really did happen.
“[M]any medical experts initially brushed aside concerns when women and gender-diverse people started reporting erratic menstrual cycles after receiving the shots,” the outlet reported Friday.
Notice the use of the term “gender-diverse people.”
Shock! Yet at the time if you said it you were called a conspiracy theorist!
— Rebecca (@RebeccaElizaS) July 16, 2022
Another area where a whole lot of gaslighting happened, when women made these claims at the time.
— Sheila Walker 🤷🏻♀️⛳️🍸🔥 (@sheilawalker73) July 16, 2022
At least 10 other woman I knew claimed period changes including myself. What were we told? “It’s just stress, not the 💉 .”, “Oh it’s nothing don’t worry about it.”, and “That’s just a conspiracy theory.”. Never again CDC, never again https://t.co/DUaQAnmyLV
— Chiklinn (@DeluxChikin) July 16, 2022
Last year, a LOT of women were saying their periods were all F-Ed up after taking the clot shot. They were censored and deplatformed as conspiracy theory nut jobs. This snoopes “debunking” article avoided their stories completely. Disingenuous. Only now is the truth allowed. pic.twitter.com/f1j4Z0awKJ
— NC Breaking News (@ncbreakingnew) July 16, 2022
Second, critics have responded by correctly noting that only WOMEN menstruate. Not “people.” Women.
Look:
Women. W.O.M.E.N. We’re Women.
— Jacqui__…🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@Jacqui_C_) July 16, 2022
Didn’t there used to be a word for people who have menstrual cycles?
— Ray Harwick (@RayHarwick) July 16, 2022
Which people require tampons … is it WOMEN and yes I am shouting it at you.
— rw1968 #WomenWontWheesht (@roswh) July 16, 2022
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Third, critics have recounted their own abnormal-period stories.
Look:
A friend of mine took x2 jabs last year…she has been bleeding ever since.
— Rob.G 💜 (@FedBor1) July 16, 2022
My sister, nearly 20 years in menopause got a period after her first dose. Nothing normal about that.
— Bid (@bid_biddle) July 16, 2022
I have lost count of the number of women I’ve spoken to who were post menopausal and started bleeding again. Can’t wait until they start reporting on that…
— Junebugspitfire (@junebugspitfire) July 16, 2022
My wife blames the vaccine for her cycle becoming irregular at the same time as receiving it. Sadly, because of her age (51) doctors have blamed menopause and thyroid.
— Phil Soskin (@phil_soskin) July 16, 2022
And fourth, critics have complained about the media’s apparent conclusion.
“For some, a side effect of getting vaccinated was a change in menstrual cycles — but experts say there is no cause for alarm,” the Times reported.
No cause for alarm? Critics staunchly disagreed, particularly because these are presumably the same “experts” who’d initially “brushed aside” concerns about the vaccine affecting women’s periods.
Look:
Messing with hormones is plenty cause for alarm. Your menstrual health is very important.
— Emmiebears 🐻 🇬🇧🇿🇦 (@SWMarelise) July 17, 2022
It’s affecting women’s fertility organs & there’s no cause for alarm? Please don’t insult my intelligence!! 😡
— Miss_Mylippy💄💜🌸🏴 (@Fearless_mum) July 17, 2022
I’m old enough to remember when said “experts” said the vax didn’t effect menstruation. And anyone suggesting it did was an anti vax conspiracy theorist. I bet they’re right this time about no cause for alarm tho.
— BowtiedBumpkin (@bowtiedbumpkin) July 17, 2022
Any “expert” that tells you that if 40% of women who take a drug experience unexpected side effects involving their reproduction health is not a cause for alarm should instantly be viewed as a threat to your Iife. pic.twitter.com/yjVcDRyeYE
— JW Ashley (@JWAshley404) July 17, 2022
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