Video repeats the false claim that the tetanus vaccine causes sterility

The myth that tetanus vaccines cause sterility has circulated for three decades. Debunking messaging may explain that this disproven rumor is based on the widely circulated false claim that the tetanus vaccine contains the pregnancy hormone HCG and was used to sterilize Kenyan women. Multiple studies determined that the tetanus vaccine does not contain the hormone.

Fact Checking Source(s): Full Fact, The National Academies