Questioning Medicine

163. COVID19 Vaccine and Pregnancy

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NEW covid19 vaccine I am sure many of you have heard it is the first of its kind. It uses mRNA technology. I am not going to discuss what that means ebcasue so many people already have on other podcasts and publications but the question is should you get the vaccine. I have read many opinons on this from experts for exampleDr. Michal Elovitz, a preterm labor researcher and obstetrician at the University of Pennsylvania. Said its possible the mRNA and the bubble it travels in, made of lipid nanoparticles, could cross the placenta, and This might, in theory, cause inflammation in utero that could be harmful to the developing fetal brain” she went on to say, “It’s also possible the new vaccines could be totally safe in pregnancy, like the flu shot.” No pregnant patients were enrolled in the accessible trials, although some people got pregnant during the course of the study. Researchers are monitoring them to see how they do. We have not even tested this on pregnant animals—we have no idea if this is safe for pre