CDC: All pregnant and breastfeeding “people” get COVID-19 vaccine

On August 11, 2021 the CDC stated in a media statement that “COVID-19 Vaccination [is] Safe for Pregnant People”, referencing a new (not peer reviewed) study looking at 5086 v-safe women who signed up for the pregnancy regestry. [1, 2, 3]

In that statement which was quoted widely by the media [4, 5, 6, 7], CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky stated:

“CDC encourages all pregnant people or people who are thinking about becoming pregnant and those breastfeeding to get vaccinated to protect themselves from COVID-19,”

A preprint study released Aug 9, 2021, of a “new CDC analysis of current data from the v-safe pregnancy registry assessed vaccination early in pregnancy and did not find an increased risk of miscarriage among nearly 2,500 pregnant women who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine before 20 weeks of pregnancy.”  The study, as of Jan 2024, has still NOT been peer reviewed!  Yet Obstetricians and Gynecologists organisations used it and previous v-safe “analysis” to also promote vaccinating pregnant women.