ANOTHER week, another paper published in a top journal pushing either the notion that covid is especially dangerous for pregnant women and their babies or that vaccinated pregnant women have all-round better outcomes.

This paper published in Nature on January 24 makes both claims: babies born to mothers exposed to covid during pregnancy are at greater risk of respiratory distress (RD) than those unexposed, but that covid vaccination during pregnancy reduces the risk of RD in the babies.

Inevitably, the mainstream media gave great prominence to the study, often exaggerating its conclusions.: