New study confirms one thing about Covid vaccines as Trump administration ramps up rollback

Warning: This article contains mention of baby loss which some readers may find distressing.

New research has shed greater light on the impact the Covid vaccine had on children when taken by pregnant women.

While Covid lockdowns feel quite a long time ago now, there is still ongoing scientific research both into vaccine development and the COVID-19 disease.

While the US was one of the countries that quickly got a vaccine developed for the disease, there were many fears and vaccination hesitancy, some justified, others unsubstantiated.

With that said, some select groups are still having booster vaccine shots on a yearly basis to protect against the disease, alongside getting a flu shot.

This includes US president Donald Trump, who the White House confirmed had a booster shot earlier this month.

His physician said, in a statement released by the White House on October 10: “President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

"The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists.

The Trump administration confirmed the president has had a Covid-19 booster shot (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.”

Regarding the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine, a new expansive study involving more than half a million infants founds that when it was administered during the first trimester of pregnancy, it didn’t increase the risk of birth defects.

The study, which was published in JAMA Open concluded: “MRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines do not appear to have any teratogenic effects [aka, effects developed in utero].”

While nearly 25% of the infants were exposed to at least one injection of the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination during the first trimester, ‘there was no association with an increased risk for 75 different major congenital malformations, whether examined overall, grouped by organ systems, or individually.'

The study has looked at the impact of the Covid shot on pregnant women and their children (Getty Stock Image)

This comes as the Trump administration is continuing to rollback vaccine recommendation, including pulling back from advising pregnant women from taking the vaccine.

Medical evidence has repeatedly supported the vaccine’s safety and noted that COVID-19 infection during pregnancy offers poorer outcomes for both the mother and baby compared to the shot.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control, these poorer outcomes include ‘more likely to need hospitalization, intensive care, or the use of a ventilator or special equipment to breathe if you do get sick from COVID-19. Severe COVID-19 illness can lead to death.’

For the baby, an infection during pregnancy also carries the risks of 'preterm birth or stillbirth’, according to the CDC.

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