📢 The first large scale UK data on the safety of #CovidVaccine in #pregnancy is out today from @UKHSA !
In people giving birth between January and August, 24,759 of whom were vaccinated...
🗝️ No difference in stillbirth rate between vaccinated and unvaccinated... 1/
In people giving birth between January and August, 24,759 of whom were vaccinated...
🗝️ No difference in stillbirth rate between vaccinated and unvaccinated... 1/
🗝️ No difference in babies with low birthweight between vaccinated and unvaccinated... 2/
🗝️ Preterm births occurred at a rate of 6.51% in vaccinated people and 5.99% in unvaccinated people.
This small difference is likely to be because at this time vaccinated people were more likely to be older and have underlying health conditions. 3/
This small difference is likely to be because at this time vaccinated people were more likely to be older and have underlying health conditions. 3/
And it's reassuring to note that there was no difference in very preterm (before 32 weeks) or extremely (before 28 weeks) deliveries. 4/
Details of how the analysis was done can be found here, and I'll be updating my summaries shortly! 5/5
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
(With thanks to @DancyGeorgia who pointed out a confusing typo, which I hope I have managed to correct without messing up the thread!)
https://twitter.com/DancyGeorgia/status/1463916041223000074?s=20
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