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Is there proof that 920 women lost their unborn babies after getting COVID-19 vaccine?

By Dana Ford
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Despite the headline on an article that is circulating online -- and being cited by posts on social media -- there is no source nor anything else in the article to substantiate the headline's number.

The article does cite the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Report System in saying that 395 women in the U.S. have reported losing their unborn children as a result of COVID-19 vaccinations. But VAERS is a passive U.S. reporting system. Anyone can file a report. The reports are not verified and are not sufficient evidence to establish whether an adverse event, such as a miscarriage, was caused by a vaccine.

Although there is still limited information on the safety of the vaccination during pregnancy, data collected so far have not identified "any safety concerns for pregnant people who were vaccinated or for their babies," according to the CDC.

See a full discussion of this at Lead Stories
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US Department of Health and Human Services Guide to Interpreting VAERS Data
Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 Vaccines While Pregnant or Breastfeeding
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Lead Stories is a fact checking and debunking website at the intersection of big data and journalism that launched in 2015. It scouts for trending stories, images, videos and posts that contain false information in order to fact check them as quickly as possible. It actively monitors the fake-news ecosystem and doesn’t wait for reader tips or reports before getting started on a story.
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