COVID vaccines are still safe

I was in the vaccine arm of the Moderna mRNA vaccine phase III trial. I’ve had a total of eight jabs since August 2020 and I’m still fine. Of course, I’m just an anecdote. But by now, hundreds of millions have had the mRNA vaccines worldwide, with few if any proven side effects beyond mild fever and transient headache and muscle ache.

Of course, I’m an adult male. What about all those pregnant people and their fetuses being exposed to the vaccine?

“Analysis of data from almost 20,000 pregnancies in Canada has revealed that getting a COVID-19 shot is a great idea for pregnant people – not just for their health, but the baby’s too. As well as being linked to a lower risk of hospitalization and serious illness, vaccination was also found to be associated with a decreased risk of preterm birth.”

Yes, you can still get infected even if you’ve had the vaccine. But you’re much less likely to end up in the ED or the morgue, and you’re less likely to get long COVID. And now the benefits extend to fetuses.

COVID continues to evolve, helped along by the unvaccinated. mRNA vaccines are evolving to meet that challenge; a big advantage of mRNA vaccines is they are easy to modify. Get the jab, peeps.

 

https://www.iflscience.com/covid-shots-in-pregnancy-are-safe-and-effective-cutting-risk-of-hospitalization-by-60-percent-81904?fbclid=IwY2xjawPAnthleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFhaWVMQXE5Um5RV2JLMGJYc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhe4GEZsQe9E0Y5pM4kXz_r0kIrUCaoASdjQ4CZbzhQkPzYdSYJG6ifku_pv_aem_d0r08Psc7-KPHvIgRQurlA

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