Now there's a dilemma

Most Republicans, particularly the very conservative ones, are pro-life (aka anti-abortion, but definitely in favor of living healthy babies) and also have a very negative view of COVID-19 vaccines.

So this study is bound to cause them a dilemma, both intellectually and morally.

Impact of COVID-19 infections and vaccines on preterm birth

Put simply, COVID-19 infection in a pregnant woman increased the risk of pre-term (aka premature) birth. And premature birth is associated with a greater risk of infant death. So, pregnant women who were vaccinated and either infected or exposed to COVID  had/have a much better chance of giving birth to a full-term healthy baby, while pregnant women who weren't vaccinated had a greater chance of premature birth and associated infant health problems.

A couple of excerpts from the article linked above:

A. "To tease out the effect of vaccination, the researchers compared the impact of COVID-19 infection on preterm births between areas with the fastest vaccine uptake and those with the slowest. Zip codes with the fastest uptake had an 86% vaccination rate by March 2022. Those with the lowest rates reached 51% during the same time period. Until May 2021, the impact of COVID-19 infection on preterm birth rates was similar between areas. They then dropped sharply in high-vaccination areas, while staying high in low-vaccination areas until almost a year later. This strongly suggests that vaccination accounted for the difference in the rate of preterm births."

B. " “We already know there is very little evidence of adverse effects of vaccination on fetal development. The results here are compelling evidence that what will actually harm the fetus is not getting vaccinated,” Nobles says. “By increasing immunity faster, early vaccination uptake likely prevented thousands of preterm births in the U.S.”

So, pro-life, anti-vaxxers:  what's it going to be? Healthy vaccinated mothers and healthy babies, or unvaccinated mothers and less healthy babies (with a greater chance of those babies dying in infancy)? 

Have fun with that one.

Another point to ponder: