| It's not as settled as you seem to think. Leading vaccine developer Nikolai Petrovsky (who's working on a traditional, protein-based vaccine) recently mentioned in an interview that if he had a pregnant wife he'd advise her to avoid both the virus and the vaccine (something only the privileged could attempt, so not a one-size-fits-all recommendation) [1] (In a more technical interview aimed at a scientific audience, he outlines a number of issues he has with the current options. [2]) One of Petrovsky's key issues is that on pregnancy and children, the sensitivity is so high and risks so great that there is usually a much, much higher bar before vaccines are authorised for use: that's been the history of traditional, protein-based vaccines where it can take decades before they're authorised for use in pregnant women, babies, children. Pfizer only began their pregnancy and safety trials in February this year - so only a little over 7 months ago. It is designed to observe pregnancy through to newborns reaching 6 months of age, and will complete in a year. So we currently have no safety data in pregnancies from pre-conception via all-important and sensitive first trimester, through to full term + 6 months. Keep in mind the WHO changed position on safety and aligned with the CDC on recommending the vaccine 3 weeks before Pfizer even started its safety trials. None of this is to say that getting Covid isn't currently provably worse than getting a current vaccine. It's just to say the safety data is incomplete, there are still unknowns which could change the calculation significantly considering the nature of the technology used, and we just won't fully understand the issues for some time to come. (Also keep in mind that with mandates, the proposal is for all to receive the current options, but the alternative is not for all pregnant women to become infected. The risk calculation generally assumes wrongly here.) [1] https://www.doctorlewis.com.au/podcast-1/2021/7/19/episode-2... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_2Rq1zoRg&t=3063s |