The Washington Post was ridiculed for calling pregnant women “pregnant” in an article published Thursday.
The article is titled, “Pregnant women are at higher risk of hacking COVID-19, study shows” and reports on a new study that looked at whether certain comorbidities could affect the risk of individuals being vaccinated with COVID-19, also known as the breakthrough condition.
Journalists Amy Goldstein and Dan Keating use the term “pregnant” throughout the article.
“Pregnant women who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus are almost twice as likely to catch COVID-19 than those who are not pregnant, according to a new study that provides the broadest evidence to date of possible infection among vaccinated patients with various medical illnesses. conditions,” they wrote.
The researchers measured risk by analyzing the records of partners of fully vaccinated patients from the same part of the country. In each pair, one patient was measured for his condition, and the other was not. Patients were not matched by age, and pregnant women in the analysis could be compared with men or women.
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The term woman appears once in the article to describe how the research was conducted.
The researchers measured risk by analyzing the records of partners of fully vaccinated patients from the same part of the country. In each pair, one patient was measured for his condition, and the other was not. Age, and pregnant women in the analysis can be compared with men or women”.
The Washington Post was ridiculed on social media for referring to pregnant women as “pregnant.”
“Habibi Brothers,” and Siraj Hashemi, podcast host, tweeted, “Happy Last Day of Women’s History Month.”
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“They’re called ‘women’, you idiots,” wrote conservative radio host Dana Loach.
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“Not all women are pregnant, but all pregnant women are women,” said Seth Dillon, CEO of Peplion Be.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rochelle Walinsky replied make fun of them When she used the term “pregnant” to recommend that women receive the coronavirus vaccine.
Walinsky tweeted in August: “Rising cases, vaccine doubts and increased risk of serious illness for pregnant women make vaccination against #COVID19 more urgent than ever. Read why CDCgov recommends vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19.” 2021, with a link to the CDC website.
Washington Post covered The CDC guidelines at the time used the term “pregnant woman”.
Courtney O’Brien of Fox News contributed to this report.