Why do some people think that getting a COVID vaccine during pregnancy is associated with their baby developing autism?
The usual suspects...
Do COVID Vaccines in Pregnancy Cause Autism?
Of course, it isn't true.
Getting a COVID vaccine while you're pregnant isn't going to induce autistic like behavior in your kids - unless of course, you're a pregnant rat who got a regular dose of the COVID vaccine. A regular dose for a regular sized adult person!
"But this is, this is the crazy one. Prenatal exposure to covid Ovid 19 mRNA vaccine induces autism-like behaviors in male neonatal rats. And how many women did they tell to get vaccinated while they were pregnant? How many women did they didn't have data on whether or not it was safe."
Joe Rogan - Fight Companion - The Joe Rogan Experience
That's right.
The study that Joe Rogan cites on his podcast to scare people away from getting vaccinated and protected is about rats who received a full dose of the COVID vaccine.
Considering that most rats are a lot smaller than people, you can quickly see the problems with this study.
And the problems with taking advice from anti-vaccine influencers like Rogan...
Risks of Getting COVID in Pregnancy
After all, what happens if you get COVID and you are pregnant and unvaccinated?
"If you are pregnant or postpartum, you have a higher risk for more severe illness from COVID-19 than people who are not pregnant."
COVID-19, Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breastfeeding: Answers From Ob-Gyns
In addition to a higher risk for more severe COVID infection, if you don't get vaccinated, you won't pass on any protection to your baby.
"Since the winter of 2022, COVID-19–associated hospitalization rates in infants aged <6 months have been higher than hospitalization rates in any age group except adults aged ≥65 years."
Effectiveness of Maternal mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy Against COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations in Infants Aged <6 Months During SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Predominance — 20 States, March 9, 2022–May 31, 2023
We also know that getting COVID while pregnant is linked to:
- higher risks of pre-eclampsia, preterm birth and stillbirth
- increased risk of developed delays in your baby
- severe COVID infections
Risks that can all be greatly reduced with a safe and effective COVID vaccine!
More on Vaccines and Autism
- How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Hurts Autistic Families
- Explaining the Correlation of Autism After Vaccines
- Vaccines and Autism Redux
- The Many Theories Behind Vaccine Injuries
- Prenatal Exposure to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 Induces Autism-Like Behaviors in Male Neonatal Rats: Insights into WNT and BDNF Signaling Perturbations
- Viral Posts Misuse Rat Study to Make Unfounded Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines and Autism
- Rat study alleged to link COVID-19 vaccines to autism cannot be generalized to humans and contains important limitations
- Will COVID-19 vaccines drive an “epidemic of autism”? No, but Byram Bridle thinks so.
- ACOG - COVID-19, Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breastfeeding: Answers From Ob-Gyns
- Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination and Prevention of Symptomatic Infection in Infants
- Effectiveness of Maternal mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy Against COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations in Infants Aged <6 Months During SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Predominance — 20 States, March 9, 2022–May 31, 2023
- Does covid-19 affect pregnancies?
- Severe COVID-19 in pregnancy is almost exclusively limited to unvaccinated women – time for policies to change
- Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality of Pregnant Patients With COVID-19 Infection During the Early Pandemic Period in the US
- New study shows significant impacts of severe COVID-19 infection on pregnancy outcomes
- Unvaccinated pregnant people are at higher risk for Covid complications and newborn deaths
- Changes in Pregnancy-Related Mortality Associated With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in the United States
- Sex-Specific Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Offspring of Mothers With SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy
