Covid vaccines and false claims about miscarriage

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🗓️ 25 March 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Misinformation around covid-19 and vaccines is rife and as the data available increases, so do often misleading and even wild claims. This week More or Less examines multiple viral claims that the Covid 19 mRNA vaccines increase the risk of miscarriage. To explain where these incorrect figures come from and what the science actually tells us, we are joined by Dr Viki Male, senior lecturer in reproductive immunology at Imperial College London. Presenter: Charlotte McDonald, Producers: Octavia Woodward and Jon Bithrey Editor: Richard Vadon Sound Engineer: John Scott Production Co-ordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

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0:04.1	$2.1 billion in stolen funds.
0:06.4	Money laundering operations.
0:07.7	The cyber-criminal group.
0:08.8	He's a smart guy.
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0:23.2	Thank you for downloading the more or less podcast,
0:30.6	where you'll weekly guide to the numbers and the news, and then life.
0:34.4	I'm Charlotte McDonald.
0:36.2	Over the past three years, it's been impossible to escape the misinformation
0:41.5	that has surrounded the COVID-19 vaccine.
0:44.5	Discussions and debates have been rife with jaw-dropping statistics.
0:48.8	We're going to focus on one particular aspect in this week's programme,
0:52.4	where the COVID vaccines are linked to an increased rate of miscarriage in pregnancy.
0:58.1	When COVID-19 vaccinations first became available,
1:01.2	there wasn't enough data to safely recommend them in pregnancy,
1:04.5	as is common with any new drug.
1:06.7	This is no longer the case.
1:08.6	There's now plenty of data about, but while claims still circulate.
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