Viki Male

Immunologist working on pregnancy at @ImperialCollege | Now mostly at 🦋

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

#Vaccination against whooping cough, RSV and flu during #pregnancy saves babies lives, but expectant parents are sometimes unsure.
How do I know it's safe? Will it protect my baby?

To answer these questions, we've created

https://t.co/b3N2RbjQdZ

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[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

#Vaccination against whooping cough, RSV and flu during #pregnancy saves babies lives, but expectant parents are sometimes unsure.
How do I know it's safe? Will it protect my baby?

To answer these questions, we've created

https://t.co/b3N2RbjQdZ

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[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

Thanks to the IMPRINT network for supporting this project @UKRI_News for funding and colleagues Bet Holder and Sara Barnett. You've all been great to work with! 3/3

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

#Vaccination against whooping cough, RSV and flu during #pregnancy saves babies lives, but expectant parents are sometimes unsure.
How do I know it's safe? Will it protect my baby?

To answer these questions, we've created

https://t.co/b3N2RbjQdZ

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[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

The website also has a collection of resources for midwives and other healthcare professionals, to help make conversations about this important topic easier and more impactful.

Please take a look and share with your patients and colleagues! 2/

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

@hamandpineappl1 @MarkDavidsonAfr @RetsefL My thoughts on this from another thread...

https://t.co/DfvuyhEPVB

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

@jsm2334 @joshg99 @RetsefL PS. I'm not here so often these days. Indeed I spotted this by chance when popping back to find a link to a paper I saw posted on here.

But given that I anticipate some discussion around this, I will try to remember to drop by!

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

@jsm2334 @joshg99 @RetsefL But in the meantime, it’s worth remembering that the many peer-reviewed analyses that *do* take account of maternal risk factors, don’t find any increased risk of pregnancy loss associated with COVID vaccination in the first trimester. 9/9

https://t.co/JHXGw1Lpt6

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

A new study on #CovidVaccination in #pregnancy just out so I've updated my summary!

👩🏾‍🔬 3 trials & 45 observational studies...

🤰🏻 On half a million ppl vaccinated in pregnancy...

👍🏼 Find no increase in problems in pregnancy, babies or toddlers

https://t.co/c2PEHsQ70p

[Nature Rev Immunol @NatRevImmunol]

Vaccination in pregnancy to protect the newborn https://t.co/Si3NBKT76L

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

PS. Popping back to post this because *so many* of you tweeple have asked about it over the years, so I wanted to be sure to share here! But I am mostly over at 🦋now - same handle!

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

948 users prospectively entered #MenstrualCycle
& #LongCovid #MECFS symptom data into tracking app @visible_health.

👉🏻 Crashes more likely during menstruation

👉🏻 Crashes less common in people taking combined hormonal contraception

🧵

https://t.co/Dt5x1QBgBt

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

Finally, why did we do all this? Because ppl living with
#LongCOVID and #MECFS asked us to! Big thanks to collaborators @HarryLeeming and @RorPreston from @visible_health who made it possible.

Thanks to the MRC for funding.

And congrats to lead author Abi Goodship! 5/5