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Babies. Risk. What are we doing to future generations? A thread and discussion
Babies. Risk. What are we doing to future generations? A thread and discussion
High levels of gliosis occur in the neonatal brain within a week after in utero infection, and macrosomia is seen in infected pups. COVID-19 infection in pregnant hACE2-KI mice replicates infection severity and effects seen in pregnant women.
“Pregnant women with Covid face a sevenfold risk of dying compared with uninfected pregnant women…. The infection also makes it more likely that a woman will give birth prematurely and that the baby will require neonatal intensive care”