Scientist’s Video on Vaccination Status During Pregnancy Removed for Alleged Spread of Misinformation
YouTube removed a video by Professor Norman Fenton where he mentioned Olympic champion cyclist Laura Kenny and criticized the UKHSA for distorting statistics.
The mathematician highlighted that the government was categorizing women who received COVID-19 vaccines before pregnancy as “unvaccinated,” potentially obscuring any connection between the vaccines and negative pregnancy outcomes.
Professor Fenton, specializing in risk analysis at Queen Mary University in London, used Laura Kenny, who suffered a miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy, as an example in the video.
He speculated that Laura, married to Olympic champion Sir Jason Kenny, likely received two doses of the vaccine to compete in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The video raised concerns over biased categorization by the UKHSA, where women like Laura could be labeled as “unvaccinated” even if they had received the vaccines before conceiving.
Mr. Fenton criticized this practice, calling it a misleading way to handle pregnancy statistics and potentially hiding safety signals related to the vaccines.
YouTube took down the video for violating its policy on medical misinformation, particularly focusing on a segment where Mr. Fenton criticized the government’s handling of vaccine adverse reactions.
The British Olympic Association enforced full vaccination for athletes and staff heading to the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, following a deal with Pfizer BioNtech.
Although the video was removed from YouTube, Mr. Fenton shared it on other platforms like Odyssey, Rumble, and Bitchute.
The content also highlighted Laura Kenny’s personal experiences of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy post the Tokyo Olympics, raising questions about vaccine safety during pregnancy.
The UKHSA defended its vaccination surveillance report, emphasizing the benefits and safety of vaccines for pregnant women based on ongoing research and partnerships.
Mr. Fenton criticized studies claiming vaccine efficacy for miscategorizing partially vaccinated individuals as unvaccinated, leading to biased results.
He and other academics conducted a study exposing such miscategorization bias across multiple papers, arguing that these studies tend to overstate vaccine efficacy.
The Epoch Times reached out to Laura Kenny for comment.
