Covid-19 vaccines can cause impotency, death: Rumours in Rajasthan village | Ground Report

Several men at the village in Rajasthan's Tonk district believed that vaccination against Covid-19 could led to impotency or 'losing their manhood' as some stated.

Even as long queues can be seen outside vaccination centres in big cities in Rajasthan, vaccine hesitancy is a real thing in the rural hinterlands of the desert state. India Today visited a village in Rajasthan's Tonk district, hardly 95 kilometres away from the state capital Jaipur. Here, a rumour that spread like wildfire led to most people dropping their vaccine plans. Several men believed that vaccination against Covid-19 could led to impotency or 'losing their manhood' as some stated. Other rumours surrounding the jab was it could cause weakness and even death in a span of two years.