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• Wednesday 9th October 2024
  9:30 am - 10:00 am
  

  Dr Karl joins Sarah Cumming on ABC Gold Coast

• Wednesday 9th October 2024
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• Wednesday 9th October 2024
  3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  

  Dr Karl joins Katherine Feeney on ABC Brisbane

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  11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  

  Dr Karl joins Lucy Smith on ABC Triple J Science Mornings

Infertility and COVID-19 vaccines Part 2

Further intel on a mistruth being spread by social media – that COVID-19 vaccines can cause both male and female infertility. With males, the COVID disease can cause infertility, the COVID vaccines do not. The false claim about female infertility was that the vaccine would make the woman’s own immune system attack her natural proteins. No studies have proved this claim.

When copper meets COVID

Copper surfaces are like kryptonite to COVID-19. But can we put it to use outside the lab?