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Does *not* getting a covid vax cause autism?

Probably!

RFK will be banning unvaxxed pregnant mothers any minute now...



<https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/covid-pregnant-women-linked-autism-042236314.html>

Covid in pregnant women linked to autism, study says
Fri, October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM PDT

(NewsNation) u A new study suggests women who had COVID while pregnant
had an increased likelihood of giving birth to children with autism and
other developmental challenges.

The study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology looked at
18,124 live births in Massachusetts.

Researchers analyzed children born during the peak COVID period, from
March 2020 to May 2021.

Of 861 mothers who tested positive for the virus, 140 had children with
some oneurodevelopmental diagnosiso within 36 months of birth, equating
to 16.3% of the children researched.

Comparatively, 1,680 children born to mothers who did not get COVID also
had a neurodevelopmental diagnosis, equating to 9.7%.

Cumulatively, children analyzed in the study were 29% more likely to
have neurodevelopmental challenges if their mother was infected with
COVID.

oThese findings highlight that COVID-19, like many other infections in pregnancy, may pose risks not only to the mother but to fetal brain development,o senior author Andrea Edlow said of the findings, via News Medical.

Researchers added that the effects on children were most pronounced
following exposure to COVID in the third trimester, and in male
offspring.
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oItAs not that every pregnant woman with COVID-19 in pregnancy needs to
think that her child is going to have autism. Overall, the absolute risk
is not extremely high,o co-author Andrea Edlow told The Washington Post.
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Roger Rhino <not@my.usa> wrote:

Does *not* getting a covid vax cause autism?

Probably!

RFK will be banning unvaxxed pregnant mothers any minute now...

<https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/covid-pregnant-women-linked-autism-042236314.html>

Covid in pregnant women linked to autism, study says
Fri, October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM PDT

(NewsNation) u A new study suggests women who had COVID while pregnant
had an increased likelihood of giving birth to children with autism and
other developmental challenges.

(snip!)

Here's the abstract of the original research, from <https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/abstract/9900/neurodevelopmental_outcomes_of_3_year_old_children.1392.aspx>

Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children Exposed to Maternal
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection
in Utero

Shook, Lydia L. MD; Castro, Victor MS; Ibanez-Pintor, Laura MD; Perlis,
Roy H. MD, MSc; Edlow, Andrea G. MD, MSc
Author Information
Obstetrics & Gynecology ():10.1097/AOG.0000000000006112, October 30,
2025. | DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000006112

OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether in utero exposure to maternal severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated
with increased risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in children
by age 3 years.

METHODS:
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 18,124 live births to
individuals who delivered between March 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021,
within the Mass General Brigham health
system. The exposure of interest was maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection,
defined as a positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction test result
during pregnancy. The outcome of interest was presence of any neurodevelopmental diagnosis up to 36 months after birth, identified
using International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related
Health Problems, Tenth Revision diagnostic codes. To evaluate the
association between SARS-CoV-2 exposure in pregnancy and these
diagnoses, we used logistic regression models adjusting for maternal
age, race and ethnicity, insurance type, hospital type, and preterm
birth.

RESULTS:
Among the 861 individuals with SARS-CoV-2-exposed pregnancies (4.8%),
140 offspring (16.3%) received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 36
months after birth, compared with 1,680 of 17,263 unexposed offspring
(9.7%) (unadjusted odds ratio 1.80, 95% CI, 1.49u2.17; adjusted odds
ratio [aOR] 1.29, 95% CI, 1.05u1.57, P=.01). In sensitivity analyses,
largest effects were observed in third-trimester exposures, overall (aOR
1.36, 95% CI, 1.07u1.72, P=.01), and among male offspring (aOR 1.43, 95%
CI, 1.05u1.91, P=.02).

CONCLUSION:
Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy was associated with increased
risk of adverse neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3 years, with
effects most pronounced after third-trimester exposure and in male
offspring. These findings highlight the importance of long-term neurodevelopmental monitoring for SARS-CoV-2uexposed children.
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