: The city of Waterloo, Ontario reported 16 stillbirths as of November 2021, not 86, which was within the average based on previous years. Large-scale scientific studies haven’t observed a higher than expected rate of negative pregnancy outcomes in vaccinated women.
Her claim that “86 babies were born dead between January and July of 2021” in the city of Waterloo, Ontario in Canada, can be traced back to Daniel Nagase, a Canadian family doctor, who claimed that there were 86
stillbirths in Waterloo in late 2021. Nagase went further to assert, without evidence, that all 86 were linked to COVID-19 vaccination. His claim was carried by other outlets known for publishing misinformation and conspiracy theories, like
The Gateway Pundit and
Trending Politics.
Nagase’s claims were debunked by FactCheck.org in November 2021.
Indeed, hospital officials in the city of Waterloo contradicted Nagase’s claim.
In a November 2021 City News report, Peter Potts, joint chief of staff at Grand River Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital said that “in reality, 12 had occurred in the last fiscal year between both [Grand River Hospital] and [Cambridge Memorial Hospital].”
Kristin Wadsworth, the chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, told City News that “This year, we have had 982 deliveries in Cambridge and four still-births. That is a still-birth rate of 0.41 per cent, which is our average.”
Grand River Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital, and Cambridge Memorial Hospital account for
all three of the hospital systems in the city of Waterloo. This means that the number of stillbirths reported in the city as of November 2021 was 16, far below Nagase’s claim of 86, and well within the expected number based on historical trends.
