What do the latest scientific studies tell us?
Harvard University has been the last to publish the results of its research in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He did it on March 25, trying to respond to this controversy. The results of their study, conducted on pregnant, non-pregnant and lactating women, tell us that they all produced equivalent amounts of neutralizing antibodies against COVID-19. Therefore, the vaccine would be safe in all of them.
However, it also warns that the population that is advised to administer each vaccine is initially set by the one that has previously been included in clinical trials. And, as we have seen, pregnant women have not been. Therefore, given the absence of data derived from clinical trials, the personal decision must always be made personally and agreed with your doctor.
WHO itself is committed to vaccinate only those pregnant women who are at high risk of exposure to the virus or of developing the disease severely. In our country, the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) warns that a global plan for research and maternal immunization against the coronavirus is needed. Thus, vaccination must be assessed, according to the doctors themselves, on a case-by-case basis.
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