Menstrual Irregularities and the COVID-19 Vaccine

Authors: Jennifer Richard, PhD, Department of Psychology, UBC; Romina Garcia de Leon, Neuroscience MSc student, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Liisa Galea, PhD, WHRC Lead

“Imagine if you didn’t know that fever could be a vaccine side effect? You might be concerned that something untoward was happening to your body when all you were experiencing was a typical post vaccine fever. That is exactly the same with menstrual irregularities.” (Gunter, 2021).