Open AccessFetal Deaths due to Covid-19
Author(s) -
Leonard Evans
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
hsoa journal of reproductive medicine gynaecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2574-2574
DOI - 10.24966/rmgo-2574/100092
Subject(s) - covid-19 , fetus , fetal death , medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , demography , virology , biology , sociology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , genetics
The more than 800,000 total deaths [1] from Covid-19 do not include another category of victim. Namely, unborn babies. The data used here covers the slightly more than 2-year period from 2020-01-01 to 2022-01-08. To calculate the number of fetuses killed I assume that if a female of childbearing age dies, her fetus also dies. While an approximation, I consider it adequate for the present calculations.