A study published in Nature Medicine January 13, 2022 reveals that serious complications in unvaccinated pregnant women were more common than in those who had been vaccinated. Carried out in Scotland, the study counted 4,950 confirmed infections in pregnant women from December 1, 2020. More frequent “serious complications” in unvaccinated people were noted, such as admissions to intensive care, dead babies births and early neonatal deaths.
Of the 4950 confirmed infections during pregnancy, 823 (17%) were associated with hospitalization and 104 (2%) with admission to intensive care. In terms of vaccination status, more than three-quarters of infections during pregnancy (77%) occurred in unvaccinated women at the start date of the infection, as reported this article from the British Medical Journal who made the point on the subject.
Finally, the perinatal deaths reported in the study occurred in people who had not been vaccinated at the time of SARS-COV-2 infection.
pregnancy misinformation
In September 2021, misinformation about spontaneous abortions linked to vaccination had circulated widely on social networks. Subject that we have already treated in This article. Today, the study confirms that women who received the covid-19 vaccine during pregnancy had a rate of preterm birth and perinatal mortality similar to background rates and in women without confirmed SARS-CoV-2.
Perinatal deaths following SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy have occurred in people who were unvaccinated at the time of infection. However, the researchers indicate that they did not have access to detailed clinical records to assess whether covid-19 “directly or indirectly contributed to premature births and deaths” .
Finally, to date, theANSM and theINSERM confirm that studies have not shown any consequences of mRNA vaccines on the course of pregnancy.