Pregnant women should feel confident that Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines against COVID-19 are safe, according to a large new study published today.
This study, done by the Canadian National Vaccine Safety Network, looked at data from patients in seven Canadian provinces and territories between December 2020 and November 2021.
In all, 191,360 women ages 15-49 years old completed the first dose survey and 94,937 completed the second dose survey. Study authors note that the pandemic has disproportionately affected pregnant women, who are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease, compared with nonpregnant people in their age group.The researchers found that 4% of pregnant women who got an mRNA vaccine reported a significant health event within a week after dose one and 7.3% after dose two. The most common significant health events after dose two were a general feeling of being unwell, headache/migraine, and respiratory infection.
“Unfortunately, although this study confirms what we already know about COVID vaccine in pregnancy – it is safe and effective in preventing possible life-threatening illness in mother and baby – many patients in the U.S. continue to be resistant to being vaccinated during pregnancy as a result of unfounded fears of fetal harm,” she says.
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