Pregnant healthcare workers across the country say they are being forced to work directly with patients testing positive for the virus, despite limited data about the effects of covid-19 on pregnancy.
published in March focusing on 33 newborns born at Wuhan Children’s Hospital found only three of those babies had the virus and mild symptoms.
But both of those studies do not indicate how women early on in their pregnancies may be impacted and more data is needed. CDC guidelines for pregnant women and the virus are also infuriatingly. “We still do not know if a pregnant woman with COVID-19 can pass the virus that causes COVID-19 to her fetus or baby during pregnancy or delivery,” the
site reads. ProPublica points out that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists doesn’t even recommend pregnant health care workers be removed from interacting with patients directly. But without paid sick or maternity leave, many pregnant healthcare workers can not turn away work or assignments that put them in direct contact with patients and family members who have the virus. “With all these people around, I don’t know who’s been exposed,” a nurse told the outlet.
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