A video clip of US author Naomi Wolf claiming that "there is a baby die-off" in infants born to Covid-19 vaccinated mothers has been viewed hundreds of times on Facebook. But the claim is false. Doctors' statements contradict Wolf's claims, and multiple studies show that vaccination against Covid-19 during pregnancy is safe.

The video featuring US author Naomi Wolf in an episode of War Room Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Steve Bannon -- a former White House adviser under ex-president Donald Trump -- was shared on Facebook here on June 1, 2022.

The one-minute, 26-second clip has been viewed more than 190 times.

Part of the post's Malaysian-language caption repeats Wolf's claims: "- Breastfeeding babies fell sick because of their vaccinated mothers and at least one had died.

"- Of the 270 pregnant women in the Pfizer test, 236 of the participant records were lost, but of the 34 women who remained, 28 of their babies died.

"- In Scotland, twice the number of babies died. In Ontario, Canada, 86 babies died (an average of five or six a year), and deaths among vaccinated mothers increased by 34 percent in Israel."

Screenshot of the misleading post, taken on June 22, 2022

Wolf was banned from Twitter in 2021 for tweeting misinformation on Covid-19 vaccines. Bannon has also been banned from the platform.

The video was also shared alongside similar claims on Facebook here and here.

It also circulated with a similar claim in English here and here, where it has garnered more than 250...

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