Ian Chute 21 July, 2021, 11:45 am pregnant woman waits patiently with other people at Garvey Park to receive her jab in Tavua earlier this month. Picture: BALJEET SINGH There is a lot more data showing the Moderna vaccine to be safer for pregnant women and their unborn babies, says Professor Michelle Giles. During Fiji National University’s Explain the Science virtual panel discussion last Tuesday, she said thousands of pregnant women in the United States received the Moderna vaccine and studies showed babies were not seen to be born pre-term or with abnormalities nor were mothers more likely to experience side effects.