{"id":10502,"date":"2023-11-16T16:14:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=10502"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:37:58","slug":"have-flu-shots-been-tested-for-safety-during-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/have-flu-shots-been-tested-for-safety-during-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Have flu shots been tested for safety during pregnancy?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A common\u00a0anti-vaccine claim<\/a>, again making the rounds, is that flu vaccines have never been tested for safe use during pregnancy.\u00a0 (This tweet is hidden, btw)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]As proof of these claims, anti-vaxxers often note that the flu\u00a0vaccine inserts<\/a>\u00a0make no mention of safety testing during pregnancy. Vaccine inserts are written when the vaccine first comes on the market and include all information available at the time of its writing. The studies cited are usually the original clinical trials, and once the vaccine and its insert are approved by the FDA, the wording cannot be changed.<\/p>\n

As noted in the insert, pregnant women were not involved in the vaccine\u2019s clinical trials. In the decades since its release, we have studies to back up the safety of vaccinating during pregnancy. For example, this\u00a0systematic review<\/a> of birth outcomes for vaccinated mothers looked at 40 studies and found that with each passing year, we have more evidence that the inactivated flu vaccine is safe during pregnancy and for unborn babies.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flu vaccines, while initially not tested on pregnant women, have since been proven safe for use during pregnancy through numerous studies over the decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[209,190,218],"class_list":["post-10502","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-fertility","jtf_topic_subjects-influenza","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11762,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10502\/revisions\/11762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}