Should pregnant women take the vaccine just like every other person? I see it safety for the baby?
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Should pregnant women take the vaccine just like every other person? I see it safety for the baby?
While it is not established if the vaccine is safe for pregnant women or not, it is almost certain that a pregnant woman and her baby would be better off having the vaccine than having Covid-19 infection, but no pharmaceutical manufacturer would risk trying without guarantees absolving them of responsibility if an issue arose. This usually resolves in one of two ways – either the disease causes enough harm in pregnancy that the treatment is worth trying, or enough women take it before they realise that they’re pregnant for its safety to become apparent.
It is not known whether the vaccine is safe or not for pregnant women. It is not considered good practice to include pregnant women in the evaluation trials. So no data becomes available as to the safety of the vaccine for pregnant women; it cannot be said that it is safe for them or not. What happens subsequently is that women who are given the vaccine later find that they were pregnant. Thus gradually, over time, the response of pregnant women to the vaccine becomes known, but only after some period of time. So, there is no evidence that the vaccination might damage the fetus or embryo. It is even possible that the developing immune system of the baby will make antibodies against the virus.