Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy
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Miscarriages in Lanarkshire did not double in 2022
Data in a response to a Freedom of Information request contained a calculating error, which has since been corrected.
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Facebook post misinterprets BBC report on a ‘spike’ in neonatal deaths
The BBC article said that “two spikes” in the neonatal death rate had occurred in Scotland—not that spike proteins had been found in babies’ bodies.
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Claim that 44% of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine trial pregnancies ended in miscarriage is wrong
The number is based on miscalculation from a now-deleted blog post.
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The government hasn’t ‘removed’ Covid-19 vaccine advice in pregnancy
Claims seem to be based on a document published around the time the Pfizer vaccine was first approved.
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Pregnant and breastfeeding women are still advised to get the Covid-19 vaccine
The advice has not been “quietly changed” as some online have claimed.
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Covid-19 vaccines do not harm fertility
An article from the misinformation site, the Exposé, is full of false information about fertility, based on misrepresented science.
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Post claiming the Pfizer vaccine has only a 12% efficacy rate is inaccurate
False claims circulating on social media about the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine are not based on newly published documents.
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Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine does not cause birth defects
Participants in the original vaccine trial were required not to have unprotected sex for 28 days after their second dose, but this is just a standard precaution in new drug …
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Covid-19 vaccines are recommended in pregnancy even after infection
Although infection may give some level of natural immunity, it is not clear how long this can last.
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Research does not show 80% of vaccinated pregnant women experienced miscarriage
False claims that more than 80% experienced miscarriage after a Covid-19 vaccination are based on an error in a journal article that has since been withdrawn.
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