Pregnancy During the Pandemic

Worries about the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant mothers and their offspring are widespread. As a comparison, the Spanish Flu pandemic had devastating health impacts on
pregnant mothers and in-utero exposure to influenza is known to have negative short- and
long-term consequences for children. Using data from New York City in 2020 and Philadelphia in 1918, Schwandt compares COVID-19 mortality rates versus Spanish Flu mortality rates by age and gender. The data show that COVID-19 mortality rates have been much higher for individuals over 60 compared to the Spanish Flu, which had much higher mortality rates for people between the ages of 20-40.

各界对新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）对孕产妇及其子代的影响普遍存在担忧。作为对照，1918年西班牙大流感疫情曾对孕产妇造成毁灭性健康危害，且已知宫内暴露于流感病毒会对儿童产生短期及长期的负面后果。本研究借助2020年纽约市与1918年费城的相关数据，施万特（Schwandt）按年龄与性别维度对比了新冠疫情与西班牙大流感的死亡率。数据结果显示，60岁以上人群的新冠死亡率远高于西班牙大流感同期水平，而后者在20至40岁人群中死亡率更高。