Thread by @VikiLovesFACS

On holiday without much in the way of internet, but wow! My notifications blew up when I hit some WiFi this afternoon. A few points on this… 1/

https://twitter.com/talkRADIO/status/1427377636595089411

First, I’m surprised neither of them checked our national guidance, which is set out in detail for medical professionals here… 2/

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

Or the guidance from @RCObsGyn and @MidwivesRCM, which makes a clear recommendation that #pregnant people get the #COVID19 #vaccine. You can find it here… 3/

rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-…

The reason that the guidance has changed over time is both because we now have stronger evidence that COVID infection is dangerous in pregnancy, associated with increased risk of preterm birth, stillbirth and baby needing intensive care… 4/

bmj.com/content/370/bm…

… *and* because of the mounting evidence on the safety of #COVID19 #vaccines in #pregnancy. Too much too summarise in a single tweet, but data on >40k pregnant people from 4 countries, across 7 studies. Links to studies here… 5/

drive.google.com/file/d/1_wHIYX…

Finally, this question about long-term effects is one I am often asked, and it’s a fair one. But we have every reason to believe that, like other non-live vaccines given in pregnancy, there will be no (bad) long-term effects from this vaccine. Whereas there can be from COVID. 6/

https://twitter.com/VikiLovesFACS/status/1415983374771052545

Finally, I would like to call on anyone in the media who wants to interview someone about this issue to do the responsible thing and invite someone from @RCObsGyn or @MidwivesRCM, who know the data and science on this, rather than just stopping the Rolodex at random. 7/7