Mick Hartley

The Guardian's brave new world: a whole article about pregnancy and breastfeeding without one use of that troublesome word "women".

Pregnant people urged to get vaccinated amid abysmal US inoculation rates:

Pregnant and breastfeeding people are facing abysmal vaccination rates and increasing health risks from the Delta variant, and they urgently need to be vaccinated, experts warn.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday “strongly” recommended vaccination before or during pregnancy, echoing calls in August for the life-saving shots….

And so on. And on.

It’s also important to vaccinate breastfeeding parents, both to form a cocoon of immunity around newborns and to pass antibodies through the milk, experts say.

New research reveals the Delta variant is hitting pregnant people harder than ever before. A study published this month found the hospitalization rate for pregnant patients more than doubled since last year, because of the Delta variant.

I can only wonder why they're still using "breastfeeding". Surely "chestfeeding" is the correct terminology now. We don't want to upset our trans colleagues, do we?

And the picture caption: "A pregnant woman receives a vaccine for Covid-19 at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, in February." How did that slip through? The individual pictured may very well identify as a man. Untold heartbreak may have been caused by such a careless mistake.

Could do better, Guardian.